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Table 6 Survival of S. cerealella eggs treated with agro waste powders

From: Chemical composition and toxicity of some Agro waste-derived insecticides against Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga ceralella (Olivier) [Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae] infesting stored paddy grains

Treatment powders

Conc. (ml)

Number of egg incubated

% adult emergence

Rice husk

0.1

20

25.33 ± 3.33f

Groundnut pod

20

20.00 ± 2.88ef

Cowpea pod

20

10.00 ± 0.88de

Maize cob

20

15.67 ± 0.67f

Rice husk

0.2

20

26.67 ± 2.33f

Groundnut pod

20

15.67 ± 0.67de

Cowpea pod

20

5.00 ± 0.04de

Maize cob

20

20.00 ± 2.88ef

Rice husk

0.3

20

16.67 ± 1.33de

Groundnut pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00cd

Cowpea pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Maize cob

20

5.00 ± 0.04de

Rice husk

0.4

20

15.67 ± 0.67cd

Groundnut pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Cowpea pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Maize cob

20

10.00 ± 1.08bc

Rice husk

0.5

20

0.00 ± 0.0a

Groundnut pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Cowpea pod

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Maize cob

20

0.00 ± 0.00a

Control

0.0

20

90.00 ± 3.88c