Evaluation of efficacy of inert materials against Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) on stored wheat

Authors

  • Manoj Kumar Jena Section of Applied Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
  • Saswati Pradhan Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741252, West Bengal, India.
  • Satikanta Sahoo Department of Botany, N.C. (Autonomous) College, Jajpur-755001, Odisha, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/jefa.2024.19.01.23

Keywords:

Efficacy, inert materials, Sitotroga cerealella, stored wheat

Abstract

The investigation was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of inert materials against Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Gelechidae) on stored wheat in the laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, during 2021-22 at 30.25 ± 0.25ºC temperature and 75.00 ± 5.06 per cent relative humidity. All the treatments, T1- wood ash, T2- saw dust, T3- sand, T4- cow dung ash, T5- kaolinite clay, T6- diatomaceous earth and T7- silica powder, were effective in controlling the S. cerealella and were superior to T8- untreated check. The treatment T6 had shown significantly the highest mortality (81.67%) followed by T5 (73.33%) and T7 (71.67%). However, the least effective treatments were T2 (58.33%), T3 (61.67%) and T4 (65.00%). 

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Published

2024-01-19

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Eco-Friendly Agriculture (Jan-Jun)2024

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Jena, M.K., Pradhan, S., & Sahoo, S. (2024). Evaluation of efficacy of inert materials against Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) on stored wheat . Journal of Eco-Friendly Agriculture, 19(1), 138–142. https://doi.org/10.48165/jefa.2024.19.01.23
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