TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Simple Laboratory Prescreen for Plants with Grain Protectant Effects Against the
Maize Weevil; <I>Sitophilus zeamais </I> (Mots) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
AU - , S.T. Arannilewa 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 2
IS  - 6
SP  - 736
EP  - 739
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2007.736.739
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2007.736.739
KW  - Pulverized plants
KW  -mortality
KW  -Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides
KW  -Aristolochia ringens
KW  -Sitophilus zeamais
KW  -weevil perforation index
AB  - A simple bioassay technique to assess pulverized indigenous plant materials for ability to protect maize grains from damage by weevils during storage, was employed.  Of the 9 plants that were screened, <I> Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides </I> (Lam.) Waterm. (Rutaceae), <I> Aristolochia ringens</I> Vahl. (Aristolochiaceae) and <I> Morinda lucida</I> Linn. (Rubiaceae) showed best protectant effects on adult toxicity, adult emergence and Weevil Perforation Index (WPI). The details of the bioassay procedure used and the results obtained are reported.
ER  -