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Contact and fumigant toxicity of five pesticidal plants against Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in stored cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Prisila A. Mkenda ,
Philip C. Stevenson ,
Patrick Ndakidemi ,
Dudley I. Farman  and
Steven R. Belmain
Prisila A. Mkenda
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Philip C. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, KentME4 4TB, United Kingdom Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, SurreyTW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Patrick Ndakidemi*
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences and Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Dudley I. Farman
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, KentME4 4TB, United Kingdom
Steven R. Belmain
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, KentME4 4TB, United Kingdom
*
*E-mail: patrick.ndakidemi@nm-aist.ac.tz
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Abstract

Insecticidal activities of five pesticidal plant species, Tephrosia vogelii, Dysphania (Syn: Chenopodium) ambrosioides, Lippia javanica, Tithonia diversifolia and Vernonia amygdalina, which have been reported to control storage pests, were evaluated as leaf powders against Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius 1775) in stored cowpea. Their efficacy was compared with the commercial pesticide Actellic dust (pirimiphos-methyl) at the recommended concentration (50 g/90 kg), and with untreated cowpea seeds as a negative control. The plant powders were applied at concentrations of 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 3 g/10 g of cowpea seeds in 250 ml plastic containers (to measure contact toxicity), or 0.005, 0.05, 0.5 and 5 g tied in small muslin cloth bags and hung in 500 ml plastic bottles containing 10 g of cowpea seeds (to measure fumigant toxicity). Mortality of adults, oviposition deterrence, adult emergence, and percent seed damage were recorded. Complete protection of seeds and inhibition of adult emergence were achieved in Actellic dust-treated seeds; contact toxicity using leaf powders of T. vogelii at all concentrations, D. ambrosioides at concentrations of 0.1, 1 and 3 g and L. javanica at concentrations of 1 and 3 g; and fumigant toxicity using D. ambrosioides at concentrations of 0.5 and 5 g and L. javanica at a concentration of 5 g. Head space analysis of D. ambrosioides and L. javanica identified ascaridole and camphor, respectively, as components that could be responsible for the bioactivity of these plant species. These plants may, therefore, serve as effective but less harmful biopesticide alternatives to Actellic. Conversely, V. amygdalina and T. diversifolia were not effective, indicating that they should not be promoted for controlling bruchids in cowpea.

Keywords

Callosobruchus maculatuscowpeacontact and fumigant toxicitypesticidal plantspost-harvest pest managementstored product pests
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Research Papers
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 172 - 184
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Copyright © ICIPE 2015 

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