Towards Sustainable Green Pesticides for stored grain insects

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

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Associate Professor of Entomology. Biological and Geological Sciences Department.

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Rice is one of the major cereal crops and staple food for large part of the world, especially Egypt Unfortunately, huge quantities of it are lost because of being infected with insect pesti during storage Sitophilus oryzae is one of these pests. These insect pests are controlled by using highly toxic chemicals that threaten human health and negatively affect the environment. The trend has been to search fo eco-friendly insecticide instead of these dangerous chemicals. Moringa oleifera has mecticidal properties against wide variety of insect pests. It can be grown easily, and the studies have proves it many nutritional and medical benefits for humans. So, the present research tried to find its effectiveness against Sitophilus oryzae. The powders of leaves, roots, and seeds of the Moringa plant were evahated against this insect at 0.5, 1, 3 and 5 g/100 of flour. The results indicated that the Mornga showed clear effects compared to the control, and the most effective part was the seeds powder. Therefore, Malafire can be a sustainable and safe natural pesticide for stored grain insects

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