Effectiveness of vegetable powders on adults of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky Coleoptera: Curculionidae

Authors

  • Héctor Quiñones Dena Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226
  • Mariano Flores Davila Flores Davila
  • Ernesto Cerna Chávez Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226
  • Luis Alberto Aguirre Uribe Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226
  • Jerónimo Landeros Flores Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226
  • Yisa María Ochoa Fuentes Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226
  • Gustavo Alberto Frías Treviño Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila. CP. 25315. Tel. y Fax. (844) 4110226

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v8i3.45

Keywords:

botanical insecticides, corn weevil, stored grains, vegetable powders

Abstract

Maize is the most important crop in Mexico due to its varied  uses, such as food for human and animal consumption,  extraction of oils and other derivatives, among others.  This crop, like many others, presents phytosanitary  problems of diseases and pests, among which is the corn  weevil (Sitophilus zeamais), considered as one of the most  important stored grain pests. Chemical insecticides have  been used for its control, which has caused problems of  resistance, contamination of the environment and residues  in stored foods. An alternative to this problem is the use  of biorrational products derived from plants, which are  generally biodegradable, do not produce ecosystem  disequilibrium nor effects to health. In this investigation,  nine plant powders were evaluated on the mortality of S.  zeamais adults, in concentration of 1, 2 and 3 g of each of  them for each 0.5 k of corn grains. A completely randomized  design with 10 treatments and three replicates was used. The  highest mortality was obtained with the treatment based on  three grams for all treatments, with black pepper and ruda  having the highest mortality rates with 68.84 and 60.42%,  respectively, while the other treatments showed mortalities  less than 50%. 

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Published

2017-08-08

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Quiñones Dena Héctor, Mariano Flores Davila, Cerna Chávez Ernesto, Luis Alberto Aguirre Uribe, Landeros Flores Jerónimo, Ochoa Fuentes Yisa María, and Frías Treviño Gustavo Alberto. 2017. “Effectiveness of Vegetable Powders on Adults of Sitophilus Zeamais Motschulsky Coleoptera: Curculionidae”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 8 (3). México, ME:721-26. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v8i3.45.

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