Insect pests infesting stored pearl millet Pennisetum galucum (L.) R. Br. in Northeastern Nigeria and their damage potential
2000
Lale, N.E.S. | Yusuf, B.A.
A survey of the systems used for pearl millet storage, the species of insect pests infesting stored pearl millet and their damage potential, was carried out in 1997/98 in the sudano-sahelian zone of northeastern Nigeria. Polypropylene sacks with a frequency of 65,6% were employed more frequently by farmers for pearl millet storage than rumbus (mud silos), clay pots or underground pits with frequencies of 18.8, 9.4 and 6.3%, respectively. Three species of secondary pests, Tribolium castaneum (Tenebrionidae), Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Cucujidae) and Liposcelis bostrychophilus (Liposcelidae) constituted 47.7, 27.8 and 17.0% of the total number of insects collected from millet sub-samples...
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