Assessing efficacies of insect pest management methods for stored bagged maize preservation in storehouses located in Nigerian markets |
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Affiliation: | 1. Durable Crop Research Department, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, P.M.B, 1489, Ilorin, Nigeria;2. Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria;3. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK, 74078-3003, USA;4. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria;5. Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Kentucky, Research & Education Center Princeton, KY, 42445-0469, USA;6. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University, 225 S. University Street West, Lafayette, IN, 47907-2093, USA;1. School of Food Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology, Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou High-Tech Development Zone, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China;2. Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada;3. Modern Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada;1. Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias, Departamento de agronomia, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil;2. Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;1. Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica, Greece;2. Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Panepistimioupolis, 45110, Ioannina, Greece;3. Laboratory of Biological Control of Pesticides, Department of Pesticides Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta str., 14561, Kifissia, Attica, Greece;4. Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta str., 14561, Kifissia, Attica, Greece;5. School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via Sant’Agostino 1, 62032, Camerino, Italy;6. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy;1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina;2. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina;3. Laboratorio de Investigación en Funcionalidad y Tecnología de Alimentos (LIFTA), Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina;4. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina;1. Durable Crop Research Department, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Nigeria;2. Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria;3. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK, 74078-3033, USA;4. Vestergaard Frandsen SA, Chemin Messidor 5-7, 1006, Lausanne, Switzerland;5. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria |
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Abstract: | Stored product insect pests cause significant losses in maize in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Control of these pests with conventional insecticides is fraught with health and environmental risks. Globally, several reduced-risk methods have been deployed as alternatives to conventional insecticides. In this study, conducted in February–December 2016, efficacies of five treatments to control insects in bagged maize stored in Nigerian market storehouses were evaluated. Treatments included a botanical (Piper guineense), Bularafa diatomaceous earth (DE), permethrin powder (Rambo?), PICS (hermetic) bags and ZeroFly® bags. The study also had a negative control comprising untreated maize in polypropylene bags. Study locations were in three grain markets, namely Eleekara market in Oyo town and Arisekola market in Ibadan, Oyo State, South West Nigeria, and Ago market in Ilorin, Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. Except in the case of PICS bags, each storehouse had six 100-kg bags for each storage method or treatment; these bags were sampled monthly. For PICS, each storehouse had 18 bags (~80 kg each) and six were destructively sampled every 4 months. Psocids (total 3,614) and S. zeamais (total 1,255) were the most abundant types of insects found during the study. However, among all treatments, PICS bags were the most effective at mitigating population growth of all species of stored product insects encountered, and the number of psocids and S. zeamais found in PICS bags during the entire study were 0 and 8, respectively. The order of effectiveness of the treatments were PICS > Permethrin > ZeroFly > DE > Botanical > control. Data showed PICS, Permethrin, ZeroFly, and DE when used according to manufacturer’s instructions or label are effective and can be incorporated in integrated pest management of stored-product insects in maize storehouses. More research is required to explore how P. guineense can be made more efficacious. |
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Keywords: | Reduced risk management PICS bag ZeroFly bag Bularafa diatomaceous earth |
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