Maize is cultivated worldwide and used as food and for fuel production. It is usually attacked
and destroyed during storage by Sitophilus zeamais. With inaccessibility to synthetic …

Simple Summary Compounds of botanical origin, including essential oils (EOs), which
coevolved as plant defense mechanism against herbivores and pathogens have been …

An admixture of powders from Erythrophleum guineense (stem bark and leaf), Aloe vera
(leaf) and Dacryodes edulis (seed) were separately treated at three different rates (0, 10 and …

Studies were carried out to determine the efficacy of three plant materials (Nicotiana
tabacum, Allium sativum and Zingiber officinale) against Sitophilus zeamais, an insect …

The uses of some cooking oils viz., noug oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, corn oil and olive oil,
and the reputedly non-toxic botanical “Triplex”, were evaluated against maize weevil …

Vegetable oils (groundnut, rape seed and sunflower) at 10 ml/kg were tested alone and in
combination with pirimiphos-methyl at 1 2, 1 3 or 1 4 recommended dosage against …

The chemical composition, phytotoxic and antifungal activities of the essential oils isolated
by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Tunisian thyme were evaluated. In order to find …

Laboratory studies were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of turmeric powder (TP) and
mustard oil (MO) alone and in different combinations as protectants for milled rice against …

The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is the main
pest of stored grains across tropical regions. An alternative strategy to the use of synthetic …

Maize is among the most important produced and consumed crops in Cameroon. However,
the availability of this cereal is limited by post-harvest losses, especially in the course of …