Claim · model-written summary
F1 weevil emergence did not differ significantly between botanical and chemical treatments.
- Treatment
- botanical treatmentse0
- Interactor
- MAIZE WEEVIL
Sitophilus zeamaist0pest - Outcome
- number of emerged F1e0
- Direction
- No significant differencee0
- Comparator
- chemical insecticidee0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“No significant difference was observed (P > 0.05) in the number of emerged F1 among the botanical treatments and the chemical insecticide”
t0“MAIZE WEEVIL, SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS MOTSCH. (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE), ON MAIZE”
Title
Getahun, Daniel; Wondimu, Mulatwa DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2019. doi:10.20372/ejssdastu:v7.i1.2020.149
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Botanical treatments at all tested rates differed significantly from untreated maize for weevil mortality over days 3–28.
- Observation Cumulative weevil mortality reached 97.43–100% at 28 days after infestation.
- Intervention effect Botanical treatments at all rates did not differ significantly from the standard chemical in cumulative weevil mortality.
- Intervention effect F1 progeny emergence differed significantly between botanical or chemical treatments and the untreated control.
- Observation Maize seed viability exceeded 77 in the seed germination test.
- Intervention effect Maize seed viability did not differ significantly among treatments.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that botanical powders can be used in maize weevil management.