Evaluation of Botanical Powders for the Management of Rice Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae L. Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Rupandehi, Nepal

Table 2

Effect of botanicals on percent germination, seed damage, weight loss, and live weevil population in 90 DAT at Rupandehi in 2015.

Treatments	% germination	% seed damage	% weight loss	Weevil population
Azadirachta indica, 15 g/kg	80.66^b ± 1.45	21.66^e ± 0.88	19.78^c ± 1.10	391.33^b ± 9.86
Nicotiana tabacum, 10 g/kg	80.66^b ± 1.76	14.33^f ± 0.88	15.62^d ± 0.42	205.00^d ± 7.77
Zingiber officinale, 20 g/kg	58.33^d ± 2.03	39.00^b ± 2.08	25.18^b ± 1.44	394.33^b ± 6.23
Allium sativum, 20 g/kg	80.33^b ± 0.88	32.66^c ± 0.67	16.70^cd ± 0.52	281.66^c ± 4.41
Zanthoxylum armatum, 10 g/kg	66.00^c ± 1.53	26.66^d ± 0.88	13.79^d ± 0.71	255.00^c ± 7.64
Acorus calamus, 5 g/kg	89.00^a ± 0.58	04.00^g ± 0.58	3.32^e ± 0.58	51.33^e ± 5.55
Control	23.66^e ± 0.88	83.00^a ± 2.08	50.95^a ± 2.20	646.66^a ± 10.64
Mean	68.38	31.61905	20.76	306.19
value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CV (%)	3.59	5.62	9.23	5.42
LSD	4.37	3.081307	3.41	29.53