Management of rust red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) in stored sesame: Management of rust red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) in stored sesame

A K PANDAY; RAJANI BISEN; SURABHI JAIN; SUNDARIA M M; M CHANDRASEKARAN

doi:10.56739/jor.v37iSpecialissue.141091

Authors

A K PANDAY Project Coordinating Unit (Sesame and Niger), JNKVV, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh
RAJANI BISEN Project Coordinating Unit (Sesame and Niger), JNKVV, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh
SURABHI JAIN Project Coordinating Unit (Sesame and Niger), JNKVV, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh
SUNDARIA M M Project Coordinating Unit (Sesame and Niger), JNKVV, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh
M CHANDRASEKARAN Project Coordinating Unit (Sesame and Niger), JNKVV, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh

https://doi.org/10.56739/jor.v37iSpecialissue.141091

Keywords:

Management, Sesame, Storage pest, Tribolium castaneum

Abstract

Red rust flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst) is one of the major constraints of stored sesame in India. They damage the stored-sesame seed by feeding, and severely reducing the quality of seed due to product excrement and larval feces. Experiment was conducted to evaluate the persistency of chemicals and plant products to manage T. castaneum in stored sesame. The data revealed that spinosad 45SC was the most effective treatment and recorded highest mortality of adult beetles at 24th, 5th after release during first (83.75% and 100%), second (73.13% and 79.38%) and third months (68.75% and 80.63%) after release. NSK and neem leaf powder were also found effective and recorded 93.75 and 86.25%, 85 and 73.75% and 81.25 and 72.50% mortality of beetles at 25th day after release during1st , 2nd and 3rd months after release respectively.

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Management of rust red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) in stored sesame