International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 3

Botanical Management of Rust Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) on Stored Wheat

  • Author:
  • Gulappa Chandra Sekar1,*, Kh. Ibohal Singh1, Nisanam Nagaraju1, R. Loganathan1, N. Okendro Singh2, Nongdrenkhombha L. Singh3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Sep 3, 2022
  • Page Number: 381 to 386

1Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur, India

2Department of Agricultural Statistics, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur, India

3Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur, India

*Corresponding author: gcs4967@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3764-2352)

Online published on 3 September, 2022.

Abstract

The current study on Botanical Management of Rust Red flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) on stored wheat during 2020-2021 in the Entomology Department revealed that neem leaf powder was the most effective treatment, observed the mean adult mortality of 67.22 per cent and also records the minimum weight loss after 60 days of storage. The eucalyptus and tulsi can be used as next best treatment in controlling the adult emergence. Whereas, turmeric rhizome powder was the least effective in comparison to control against adult mortality (30.56 %), grain weight loss and adult emergence owing to T. castaneum. Other than this the chemical insecticide, fenvalerate used as a check showed a greater result than botanical powders with mean adult mortality of T. castaneum was 72.78 percent.

• Rust red flour beetle is a principal storage pest of wheat.

• Chemical insecticide causes the negative impact to the environment.

• Botanicals are safeguarding the seeds with the eco-friendly manner.

Keywords

Botanicals, Fenvalerate, Management, Rust red flour beetle