Toxicity of tobacco Nicotiana tabacum Linnaeus (Solanaceae) leaf extracts to the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae Linnaeus 1763 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Toxicity of tobacco Nicotiana tabacum Linnaeus (Solanaceae) leaf extracts to the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae Linnaeus 1763 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Abstract Background Rice is the agricultural commodity with the third highest worldwide production and losses in rice storage due to insect pests may drastically affect the food availability for a large number of people. One of its serious pests in tropics is the “rice weevil”, Sitophilus oryzae. Al...

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Main Authors: Sekar Kanmani, Lokesh Kumar, Rajasingh Raveen, Samuel Tennyson, Subramanian Arivoli, Manickkam Jayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
Subjects:
Nicotiana tabacum
Leaf extracts
GC-MS
Phytocompounds
Sitophilus oryzae
Adulticidal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-021-00207-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41936-021-00207-0

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