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The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) causes significant quantitative and qualitative losses during storage. To identify resistant varieties of maize against this pest, an experiment was conducted in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with ...
Sarjit Pandey +2 more
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Resistance of maize to the maize weevil: I. Antibiosis
Resistance to damage by maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) is critically important to subsistence farmers who typically store maize grain on-farm. To evaluate grain's antibiosis effects to weevil, 18 inbred lines, six each from Southern Africa, Mexico and CIMMYT-Zimbabwe were mated in sets, according to a North Carolina Design II.
Derera, J. +2 more
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Maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, whose management has largely been via traditional control practices, is a key pest of stored maize grains causing severe losses. This study explored the use of Nigerian Raw Diatomite (RD) in the management of the weevil.
M.A. Medugu, E. Okrikata, D.M. Dunuwel
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Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) is a vital arthropod pest of maize (Zea mays L.) grains and flours in traditional storage systems. The pest bore holes into stored grains reducing their nutrient contents germination potentials and contaminating ...
Kingsley Chidi Emeasor +2 more
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From April to July 2019, an experiment was conducted in Khumaltar, Lalitpur (27°39.312′N, 85° 19.586′E, and 1322 m above sea level) to assess the effectiveness of plant materials on maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) control under laboratory ...
Bishnu Prasad Neupane +3 more
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The present study determines the chemical composition of Schinus molle essential oil and its mortality and repellent effect on Bactericera cockerelli immature stage and Sitophilus zeamais adults.
Nadia Landero-Valenzuela +10 more
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Susceptibility of Maize Genotypes to Maize Weevil Sitophilus Zeamais Motsch. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
One possibility to protect the maize from storage pests is by developing genotypes that resistant to maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch). The research was aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of several maize genotypes including local variety to the
Astuti, L. P. (Ludji) +3 more
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Experiments were conducted to find out the role of maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. on spread of green fungus, Aspergillus section flavi, in different varieties of stored maize in laboratory in 2016.
K. Bhusal, D. Khanal
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Dust to weevils, weevils to dust: maize weevil personality and susceptibility to diatomaceous earth
The role of behavior in insecticide susceptibility is broadly recognized, in addition to the physiological effects of insecticides. Curiously, the recognition of the importance of behavior does not extend to the control by physical agents, like inert dusts such as diatomaceous earth (DE).
H. A. E. Malia +3 more
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Resistance of maize to the maize weevil: II. Non-preference
Although there have been significant advances in improving maize for grain yield, progress in developing varieties resistant to the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) has been limited. In this study, fifty-two hybrids were evaluated against the maize weevil for non-preference in free choice experiment to study gene action determining inheritance
Derera, J. +2 more
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