Tropical Medicinal Plant Extracts Against Rice Weevil, Sitophilus oryzae L.

• Main Authors: Khani, Mousa, Muhamad Awang, Rita, Omar, Dzolkhifli, Rahmani, Mawardi, Rezazadeh, Shamsali
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Journals 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12384/1/Tropical_Medicinal_Plant_Extracts_Against_Rice_Weevil%2C_Sitophilus_oryzae_L..pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12384/

Rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae L. is one of the major pests of stored commodities, the adult weevils feed on rice and the females lay eggs inside rice kernels. In the study chemical composition of extracts from black pepper, Piper nigrum L. and physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. were tested against th...