Efficacy of certain Indian spices against red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in stored wheat

Efficacy of certain Indian spices against red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in stored wheat

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Zainab Fatima Usmani , Dr. Barish E. James

Tribolium castaneum, Indian spices, natural insecticides, eco-friendly pest control.

Red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) is one of the major destructive pests of stored grain, emitting an unpleasant odor during severe infestation via secreting quinine. Heat treatment, fumigation, and insecticides have shown promising results against the T. castaneum infestation, but on the verge of insect resistance and severe issues to human health and the environment. Here, we have shown the efficacy of Indian spices viz, Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon), Myristica fragrans (nutmeg), Piper nigrum (black pepper), Syzygium aromaticum (clove), and Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) against T. castaneum infestation in stored wheat. Clove and black pepper exhibited the highest effectiveness causing 98.3% and 96.6% of mortality respectively. In the context of joint action, Cinnamon powder was taken as a standard, in a ratio of 1:1 with other spice powders. The objective was to assess whether these combinations exhibited synergistic or antagonistic effects. Among the different spice mixtures tested, the combination of cinnamon and clove showed 33.3% mortality within 24hr. All the spice combination results indicate an antagonistic relationship, indicating the absence of any synergistic effects. And in terms of repellency, the evaluation of different spices indicated that clove exhibited a significant repellent effect, with a remarkable 66.6% repellency rate within 12hr. So, the result shows this trend (mortality- Clove>Black pepper>Cinnamon>Nutmeg>Fenugreek) (Joint action- Cinnamon + Clove > Cinnamon + Black pepper > Cinnamon + Fenugreek>Cinnamon + Nutmeg) (Repellency- Clove>Black-pepper>Cinnamon>Nutmeg>Fenugreek) the following was an effort to find an alternative management strategy for pest control and shows that these spices possess components that impart insecticidal and repellence activity.

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"Efficacy of certain Indian spices against red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in stored wheat", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.c366-c374, July-2023, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2307238.pdf

Volume 8 Issue 7, July-2023

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Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_201807

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Research Area: Life Sciences 

Country: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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