Issue Description


Authors : Rajesh Gadewar , Sanjiv Charjan , Sudhir Borkar , Ashish Lambat

Page Nos : 301-304

Description :
The khapra beetle is a serious store grain pest of maize during storage. In the present investigation, the experiment was conducted to know the effect of different organic grain protectants on infestation percentage of khapra beetle and seed qualities of maize. It was observed that seed treated with sweet flag powder (2.5%) and custard apple seed powder 2.5% were showed significantly higher 100 seed weight, germination percentage, seedling vigour, field emergence percentage and adult mortality as compared to other seed treatment and control during storage.

Date of Online: 30 May 2017