Effect of different packaging materials on the efficacy of sweet flag rhizome powder (Acorus calamus L.) treated sorghum against Sitophilus oryzae
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An experiment was conducted to know the effect of different packaging materials and sweet flag rhizome on seed quality of sorghum. The graded seeds were packed in six containers viz., polythene cover, mud container, cloth bag, gunny bag, glass container and steel container and seeds were treated with two percent of sweet flag rhizome powder before storage. The different observations viz., number of live adults, seed damage (%) by Sitophilus oryzae and germination (%) of seeds were recorded. The results revealed that the sweet flag rhizome treated seeds packed in steel container, recorded lowest seed damage percentage (32.00%), number of live adults (5.11) and highest seed germination (76.00%) after nine months of treatment. Hence seeds treated with sweet flag rhizome stored in steel containers reduces the insect infestation and steel containers can be effectively used for maintaining seed quality of sorghum during storage.
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Containers, Seed quality, Sitophilus oryzae, Sorghum, Sweet flag rhizome
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Dubey, S. C., Suresh, M. and Singh, B. (2007). Evaluation of Trichoderma species against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Ciceris for integrated management of chickpea wilt. Biological Control., 40 (1): 118–127.
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Khan, B. P. and Agharwal, R. K. (1972). Effect of non-toxic materials on insect infestation in stored grain. Ind. J. Entom., 34: 169-172.
Kittur, N. A. (1990). Evaluation of natural products against pulse beetle in redgram. M.Sc.(Agri.) Thesis, Uni. of Agric. Sci., Dharwad (India), 132pp.
Kumar, R., Mishra, A. K., Dubey, N. K. and Tripathi, Y. B. (2007). Evaluation of Chenopodium ambrosioides oil as a potential source of antifungal, antiaflatoxigenic and antioxidant activity. International Journal of Food Mi-crobiology., 115(2): 159–164.
Lale, N.E.S. (1992). A laboratory study of the comparative toxicity of products from three spices to the maize wee-vil,” Postharvest Biology and Technology., 2 (1): 61–64.
Leelaja, B.C., Rajashekar, Y.P., Vanitha Reddy, Begum, K. and Rajendran, S. (2007). Enhanced fumigant toxicity of allyl acetate to stored-product beetles in the presence of carbon dioxide. Journal of Stored Products Research., 43(1): 45–48.
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Narayanaswamy, K. C. (2013). Biology and management of Sitophilus oryzae on maize under storage condition. M.Sc.(Agri.) Thesis, University of Agric. Sci., Bangalore(India), 145 pp.
Pawar, T. D. (1980). Evaluation of some non-toxic organic and inorganic materials in the management of C. chinen-sis. M.Sc.(Agri.) Thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalay, Jabalpur, 122pp.
Rajashekar, Y., Reddy, P. V., Begum, K., Leelaja, B. C. and Rajendran, S. (2006). Studies on aluminium phosphide tablet formulation. Pestology., 30(4): 41–45.
Rajashekar, Y. and Shivanandappa, T. (2010). A novel natu-ral insecticide molecule for grain protection in Stored Products Protection. Proceedings of the 10th Interna-tional Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, pp. 913–917.
Rajashekar, Y., Gunasekaran, N. and Shivanandappa, T. (2010). Insecticidal activity of the root extract of Decale-pis hamiltonii against stored-product insect pests and its application in grain protection. Journal of Food Science and Technology., 47(3): 310–314.
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Sahayaraj, K. (2008). Common plants oils in agriculture and storage pests management. Green Farming., 1(2): 48–49.
Sia, M. A. and Rejesus, B. (1989). Residual toxicity and effectiveness of seven insecticides for sack treatment in protecting corn and milled rice from insect damage -Grain post-harvest systems. Proc. of the Asian Technical Sem. On Grain Post-harvest Technology, Bangkok, Thai-land, 19-21 August 1989, 10: 164-178.
Sharma, K. and Meshram, N. M. (2006). Bioactivity of es-sential oils from Acorus calamus and Syzygium aromati-cum, against Sitophilus oryzae (L.) in stored wheat. Biopesticide International., 2: 144–152.
Talukder, F. A., Islam, M. S., Hossain, M. S., Rahman, M. A. and Alam, M. N. (2004). Toxicity effects of botani-cals and synthetic insecticides on Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). Bangladesh Journal of Environment Science. 10(2): 365–371.
Talukder, F. A. (2006). Plant products as potential stored product insect management agents–a mini review. Emir-ates Journal of Agricultural Science. 18: 17–32.
Vasudevan, S. N., Shakuntala, N. M., Shreshail Teli, Shan-ker Goud, Basave Gowda and Ravi. (2014). Studies on Effect of Modified Atmospheric Storage Condition on Storability of Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea L.) Seed Kernels. International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences.2(2): 25-36.
Vidyashree, A. S. (2013). Biology and management of pulse beetle on chickpea and screening of chickpea entries for resistance. M.Sc.(Agri.) Thesis, University of Agric. Sci., Bangalore (India), 152pp.
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Effect of different packaging materials on the efficacy of sweet flag rhizome powder (Acorus calamus L.) treated sorghum against Sitophilus oryzae. (2015). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 7(2), 922-926. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v7i2.708
