Evaluating Plant Leaf Tinctures against Maize Weevils (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) in Stored Maize (Zea mays L.) under Laboratory Conditions

Table 5

F₁ progeny of S. zeamais on seeds treated with different plant tinctures.

Plant species	Concentration (mL)	Mean ± Std (F1 progeny)	% inhibition rate
B. antidysenterica	2.5	2.00 ± 1.00	90.00^c
	5	1.00 ± 0.00	95.00^b
	7.5	0.00 ± 0.00	100.00^a
C. macrostachyus	2.5	3.33 ± 1.52	83.35^c
	5	2.66 ± 1.52	86.70^c
	7.5	2.33 ± 0.57	88.35^c
N. exaltata	2.5	1.33 ± 0.57	93.35^b
	5	1.00 ± 0.00	95.00^b
	7.5	2.00 ± 1.00	90.00^c
C. papaya	2.5	1.33 ± 0.57	93.35^b
	5	1.00 ± 0.00	95.00^b
	7.5	1.00 ± 1.00	95.00^b
Control	0	20.00 ± 0.00	0.00^d

Each value is the mean ± standard deviation (Std) of three replicates. Means followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different ( < 0.05) from the Tukey HSD test.