Insecticidal Activity of Some Plant Extracts Against Trogoderma granarium (E.)

Authors

  • Farooq Ahmad Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000
  • Muhammad Sagheer Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000
  • Ahmad Hammad Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000
  • SM Mizanur Rahman Department of Entomology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207
  • Masoor Ul Hasan Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/agric.v11i1.15250

Keywords:

Allium sativum, Insecticidal efficacy, larval mortality, latent effect, Nigella sativa, Trogoderma granarium, Zingiber officinale

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to evaluate the insecticidal activity of Allium sativum, Zingiber officinale and Nigella sativa extracts against the larvae of T. granarium under laboratory conditions in the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during 2009-10. The highest concentration of (6 %) Z. officinale was found to be comparatively more toxic (16.70 %) than those of A. sativum (10.45 %) and N. sativa (5.49 %) at 96 hours exposure. Regarding latent effect of the test plant materials, Z. officinale gave significantly higher reduction (54.15 %) in F1 progeny than N. sativa (41.97 %) and A. sativum (32.19 %). The study reveals that Z. officinale had a strong latent effect against the larvae of the test pest. Further investigations on the efficacy of longer exposure in combination with higher concentrations of these extracts can be helpful to reduce the wheat store-insect damage.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/agric.v11i1.15250

The Agriculturists 2013; 11(1) 103-111

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Published

2013-06-10

How to Cite

Ahmad, F., Sagheer, M., Hammad, A., Rahman, S. M., & Hasan, M. U. (2013). Insecticidal Activity of Some Plant Extracts Against Trogoderma granarium (E.). The Agriculturists, 11(1), 103–111. https://doi.org/10.3329/agric.v11i1.15250

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2013)

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