Evaluation of Locally Available Botanicals for the Management of Maize Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) in Room Storage Condition

Table 4

Effects of different botanicals on weight loss by maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) after 120 days in maize seeds.

Botanicals	Initial weight (kg)	Initial moisture (%)	Change in grain moisture (%)	Weight loss due to moisture (kg)	Dry weight before insect feeding (kg) (a)	Dry weight after feeding insect (kg) (b)	Weight loss due to weevil (kg) (a-b)
Gingiber officinalis (rhizome powder) 5 g·kg^−1	6	14	13.33b	0.156c	5.84	5.12c	0.72b
Curcuma domestica (rhizome powder) 5 g·kg^−1	6	14	40.33c	0.107 b	5.89	3.73b	2.16c
Mustard oil 2 mL·kg^−1	6	14	11.67b	0.159c	5.84	5.22c	0.62ab
Rice husk ash 5 g·kg^−1	6	14	40.00c	0.109 b	5.89	3.79 b	2.1c
Melia azadirach (seed powder) 5 g·kg^−1	6	14	37.00c	0.113b	5.88	3.91b	1.97c
Acorus calamus (rhizome powder) 5 g·kg^−1	6	14	6.67a	0.168c	5.83	5.47d	0.36a
Control	6	14	50.67d	0.089a	5.91	2.58a	3.33d

Means within the column with the same letter are not significantly different at the 0.05 probability level.