Pesticidal Effect of Plant Peganum Harmala Against Stored Grain Pest  Tribolium Castaneum (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae)

AMANDEEP KAUR; MEERA SRIVASTAVA

Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Pesticidal Effect of Plant Peganum Harmala Against Stored Grain Pest Tribolium Castaneum (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae)

Amandeep Kaur, Meera Srivastava

Abstract :

The study deals with evaluating insecticidal efficacy of a desert plant, Peganum harmala (family: Zygophyllaceae), different parts of which were formulated using different extracts and at various concentrations against Tribolium castaneum. The results showed that the ether extracts at highest dose concentration of 10% were the most effective in increasing adult mortality, retarding rate of development, reducing egg laying, adult emergence and weight loss in host grains of Triticum vulgare. Among the plant parts the leaf was found to be most effective followed by fruit, root and stem.