Authors : Rajesh Gadewar 1, Vipin Babhulkar2, P A Lambat3, Atul Banginwar3
Page Nos : 212-214
Description :
The khapra beetle is a serious store grain pest of forage pearl millet 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 forage pearl millet. 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.
