Studies on application of some plant products and their mixtures with modified atmospheres against certain insects infesting stored maize

Abstract

Studies on application of some plant products and their mixtures with modified atmospheres against certain insect infesting stored maize: • Th.e bioactivity of Certain plant extracts were evaluated against three insect species of stored maize grams. 1 .e The rice weevil

Sitophi/us oryzae (L.), the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). and the lesser grain borer Rhizopertha dominica (F.) using the acetone and petroleum ether of five plants (Poinciana seeds Delonix regia , Cinnamom strip bark Cinnamomum zeylanicum , Cloves flowering buds Syzygium aromatcum , Mustard seeds Brassica alba and Radish seeds Raphanus sativus).