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Studies on the Effectiveness and Persistence of Various Botanicals and Insecticides on the Surface Treatment of Gunny Bags at Bimonthly and Monthly Intervals against Sitophilus oryzae (Linn.) in Stored Wheat


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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
2 College of Agriculture, Bijapur-587 103, Karnataka, India
 

The study on storage was carried out in the division of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural Research Station, Gulbarga during the year 2012-13 to know the efficacy and persistence of various botanicals and insecticides against Sitophilus oryzae Linn. over a period of 210 days in two different methods, i.e. the application of treatments at bimonthly and monthly intervals. In bimonthly interval at 30, 90, 150 and 210 DAS, deltamethrin at 0.005 per cent stood highly effective against Sitophilus oryzae and registered the maximum mortality of 96.40, 94.59, 93.69 and 89.55 percent, followed by sweet flag (5%) with mortality of 92.25, 89.53, 90.55 and 83.25 percent respectively, differing significantly over other treatments. Similarly, in another method, i.e., in a monthly interval in which the sweet flag (5%) remained predominant with the highest mortality of 97.30 and 96.65 percent at 30 and 90 DAS, however deltamethrin (0.005%) with 95.75 and 90.25 percent at 150 and 210 DAS respectively, differing significantly over other treatments. However, in both the methods, the residual toxicity, could not sustain with the lapse of time, as a result, there was no proper monitoring of inbuilt population of S. oryzae in stored wheat. From the above two methods of application of treatments against rice weevil management the bimonthly method was found effective.

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Rice Weevil, Gunny Bags, Stored Wheat, Botanicals and Insecticides.
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Authors

B. S. Biradar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
S. M. Karadi
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
Siddappa
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
J. S. Awakannavar
College of Agriculture, Bijapur-587 103, Karnataka, India
S. B. Goudappa
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
A. Ravikumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raddewadgi-585 310, Tq: Jewargi, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The study on storage was carried out in the division of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural Research Station, Gulbarga during the year 2012-13 to know the efficacy and persistence of various botanicals and insecticides against Sitophilus oryzae Linn. over a period of 210 days in two different methods, i.e. the application of treatments at bimonthly and monthly intervals. In bimonthly interval at 30, 90, 150 and 210 DAS, deltamethrin at 0.005 per cent stood highly effective against Sitophilus oryzae and registered the maximum mortality of 96.40, 94.59, 93.69 and 89.55 percent, followed by sweet flag (5%) with mortality of 92.25, 89.53, 90.55 and 83.25 percent respectively, differing significantly over other treatments. Similarly, in another method, i.e., in a monthly interval in which the sweet flag (5%) remained predominant with the highest mortality of 97.30 and 96.65 percent at 30 and 90 DAS, however deltamethrin (0.005%) with 95.75 and 90.25 percent at 150 and 210 DAS respectively, differing significantly over other treatments. However, in both the methods, the residual toxicity, could not sustain with the lapse of time, as a result, there was no proper monitoring of inbuilt population of S. oryzae in stored wheat. From the above two methods of application of treatments against rice weevil management the bimonthly method was found effective.

Keywords


Rice Weevil, Gunny Bags, Stored Wheat, Botanicals and Insecticides.

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