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The Influence of Food Type on the Response of Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Cypermet...
ISSN: 0331 - 0094
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The Influence of Food Type on the Response of Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Cypermet...
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Publisher: Nigerian Journal Of Entomology Lujosh Ventures Limited
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Abstract
The effect of food type on the response of maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) to cypermethrin was investigated. Weevils were reared on maize, wheat and sorghum at ambient temperature (28±2ºC) and relative humidity (75±6%). Twenty grams of each food type was doused with one millilitre of different concentrations (0.00001-0.1%) of cypermethrin. Twenty emerged weevils from each food were then exposed to each pre-treated food type. Two control experiments were also set up (one with neither cypermethrin nor methanol and the other with only methanol). The mortality was assessed after 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours post-treatment. Weevil mortality varied with host food, cypermethrin concentration and exposure time. All weevils exposed to cypermethrin treated maize and sorghum grains, respectively exhibited complete (100%) mortality at 0.1% after 24 hours’ exposure while there was incomplete mortality (96.88%) in weevils exposed to 0...
