Skip to main content

Table 4 Effect of agro waste powders on oviposition and adult emergence of C. maculatus

From: Phytochemical compositions and insecticidal efficacy of four agro-waste used as biological control of cowpea beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (Fab.) [Coleoptera: Bruchidae]

Treatment powders

Conc. (g)

Oviposition

% adult emergence

Rice husk

0.1

27.00 ± 4.73a

41.01 ± 3.27b

Groundnut pod

71.00 ± 13.32ab

12.39 ± 5.86a

Cowpea pod

78.33 ± 16.68b

6.77 ± 0.87a

Maize cob

47.67 ± 20.87ab

15.36 ± 15.36a

Rice husk

0.2

23.00 ± 1.15a

32.41 ± 6.28b

Groundnut pod

26.33 ± 6.33a

23.33 ± 17.03ab

Cowpea pod

84.67 ± 15.84b

5.37 ± 1.16a

Maize cob

25.00 ± 3.35a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Rice husk

0.3

27.67 ± 4.81a

16.83 ± 1.68b

Groundnut pod

26.00 ± 3.21a

9.04 ± 7.53ab

Cowpea pod

83.67 ± 30.88b

6.12 ± 3.47ab

Maize cob

29.00 ± 4.58a

00.0 ± 0.00a

Rice husk

0.4

27.6 ± 9.21a

5.94 ± 3.40b

Groundnut pod

27.00 ± 8.51a

1.52 ± 1.5ab

Cowpea pod

51.00 ± 15.04b

5.89 ± 1.12b

Maize cob

27.67 ± 1.85a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Rice husk

0.5

28.33 ± 3.71a

2.02 ± 2.02ab

Groundnut pod

21.00 ± 3.00a

1.39 ± 1.39ab

Cowpea pod

40.33 ± 6.33b

5.18 ± 1.48b

Maize cob

27.67 ± 1.85a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Control

0.0

160.00 ± 0.00c

75.00 ± 0.00c

  1. Mean followed by the same letters within the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05)