Claim · model-written summary
Repellency declined for all powders, faster with banana than turmeric and dill.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- banana powdere0
- Outcome
- repellencye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- turmeric and dille0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“repellency of all powders decreased but was more rapidly with banana powder than turmeric and dill”
t0“COWPEA”
Title
TAHEYA S. MOSTAFA; SANAA M. MAHGOUB; SALWA M. S. AHMED Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 1996. doi:10.21608/ejar.1996.427730
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Banana powder repelled the cowpea weevil after one day, with repellency factor -89 and 96% avoidance.
- Intervention effect Turmeric and dill powders strongly repelled the insects after one day.
- Intervention effect Tested powders reduced egg production compared with control.
- Intervention effect Banana powder had the strongest egg production reduction, continuing up to four weeks.
- Intervention effect Powders significantly reduced egg hatchability; turmeric was strongest.
- Observation Turmeric hatchability effect continued for four weeks, then weakened but remained effective.
- Intervention effect All powders significantly reduced F1 emergence.
- Intervention effect Turmeric best protected cowpea seed from insect infestation.
- Observation All powders retained bioresidual activity for six weeks at somewhat lower rates.