Claim · model-written summary
The extracts drastically reduced maize weevil oviposition.
- Treatment
- The extractse0
- Interactor
- S. zeamais
Sitophilus zeamaise0pest - Outcome
- oviposition in S. zeamaise0
- Direction
- drastically reducede0
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Verbatim
t0“maize weevil,Sitophilus zeamais”
e0“The extracts drastically reduced oviposition in S. zeamais”
Title
C. O. Adedire; R. O. Akinkurolere; O. M. Obembe Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 2011. doi:10.1080/03235408.2011.598259
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Steam distillate was the most lethal extract against the maize weevil.
- Intervention effect Methanol and ethanol extracts were the least potent against the maize weevil.
- Intervention effect Steam distillate treatment produced the lowest water absorption capacity in maize grain.
- Intervention effect Ethanol and methanol treatment produced the highest water absorption capacity in maize grain.
- Intervention effect Steam distillate extract prevented maize grain infestation and damage for three months.
- Intervention effect N-hexane extract prevented maize grain infestation and damage for three months.
- Intervention effect Petroleum ether extract prevented maize grain infestation and damage for three months.
- Intervention effect Acetone extract prevented maize grain infestation and damage for three months.
- Intervention effect Methanol extract-treated maize grains had 28.61% damage.
- Intervention effect Ethanol extract-treated maize grains had 6.24% damage.
- Recommendation The authors proposed cashew kernel extracts as an alternative to synthetic insecticides for maize weevil control.