Use of wood ash, dry chilli pepper fruits and onion scale leaves for reducing Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) damage in cow-pea seeds during storage
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 107 (2) , 467-468
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600087281
Abstract
Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) is a very serious pest of cow pea in storage in Nigeria and many other oountries (Singh, 1977; Tindall, 1983). Damaged seeds are riddled with emergence holes, defaced with egg covers and have reduced viability. Heavy attack causes severe powdering and weight loss. In Nigeria, about 30–60% loss in cow pea is attributed to infestation and damage by bruchid beetles over a 3- to 6-month storage period, of which over 90% is caused by C. maculatus alone (Caswell, 1981).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Vegetables in the TropicsPublished by Springer Nature ,1983
- Groundnut oil treatment for the control of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) during cowpea storageJournal of Stored Products Research, 1978