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Use of wood ash, dry chilli pepper fruits and onion scale leaves for reducing Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) damage in cow-pea seeds during storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. I. Ofuya
T. I. Ofuya
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Department of Crop Production, The Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria
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Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) is a very serious pest of cow pea in storage in Nigeria and many other oountries (Singh, 1977; Tindall, 1983). Damaged seeds are riddled with emergence holes, defaced with egg covers and have reduced viability. Heavy attack causes severe powdering and weight loss. In Nigeria, about 30–60% loss in cow pea is attributed to infestation and damage by bruchid beetles over a 3- to 6-month storage period, of which over 90% is caused by C. maculatus alone (Caswell, 1981).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , October 1986 , pp. 467 - 468
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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