Claim · model-written summary
Moringa root powder significantly protected cowpea seed from C. maculatus damage.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- moringa root powdere0
- Interactor
- C. maculatus
Callosobruchus maculatuse0pest
- Outcome
- damage by C. maculatuse0
- Direction
- protectede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“moringa root powder significantly protected cowpea seed against damage by C. maculatus.”
Title
Marco Race; Oreeditse Karabo; Motshwari Obopile; et al. International Journal of Agricultural Technology 2012
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Root powder significantly reduced eggs laid, eggs hatched and adult emergence.
- Intervention effect Root powder significantly reduced exit holes and seed weight loss.
- Intervention effect Leaf powder did not significantly affect egg laying, hatching or adult emergence.
- Intervention effect Leaf powder did not significantly affect exit holes or seed weight loss.
- Recommendation The authors judged root powder potentially useful for reducing stored cowpea damage by C. maculatus.