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: Received: 22 September 2023 / Approved: 22 September 2023 / Online: 25 September 2023 (05:00:38 CEST)
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Nwachukwu, V.; TANKO KURE, P.; Inchikida, B.; Toheeb, A.; Nanbol, D. The Use of Plant Extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L. to Manage Insect Pests’ Infestation of Sweet Melon (Cucumis melo L.) In Lafia, Nasarawa State. Preprints2023, 2023091591. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1591.v1
Nwachukwu, V.; TANKO KURE, P.; Inchikida, B.; Toheeb, A.; Nanbol, D. The Use of Plant Extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L. to Manage Insect Pests’ Infestation of Sweet Melon (Cucumis melo L.) In Lafia, Nasarawa State. Preprints 2023, 2023091591. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1591.v1
Nwachukwu, V.; TANKO KURE, P.; Inchikida, B.; Toheeb, A.; Nanbol, D. The Use of Plant Extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L. to Manage Insect Pests’ Infestation of Sweet Melon (Cucumis melo L.) In Lafia, Nasarawa State. Preprints2023, 2023091591. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1591.v1
APA Style
Nwachukwu, V., TANKO KURE, P., Inchikida, B., Toheeb, A., & Nanbol, D. (2023). <strong></strong>The Use of Plant Extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L. to Manage Insect Pests’ Infestation of Sweet Melon (Cucumis melo L.) In Lafia, Nasarawa State. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1591.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Nwachukwu, V., Adebisi Toheeb and DANJUMA Nanbol. 2023 "<strong></strong>The Use of Plant Extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L. to Manage Insect Pests’ Infestation of Sweet Melon (Cucumis melo L.) In Lafia, Nasarawa State" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1591.v1
Abstract
Plant-based insecticides are considered among the most economical and eco-friendly chemicals for the protection of field plants and even stored grains. The sweet melon (Cucumis melo L.) insect pest causes more than 90% damage to most melon leaves, vines, and balls at its growth stage. The study looked at how effective the plant extract from Africa Basil and the synthetic insecticide Cymbush were at killing insects on sweet melon (Cucumis melo L.). The study explored four different concentrations (2.5, 50, 75, and 100%) and a synthetic insecticide, Cymbush, against insect pests of sweet melon and compared the effects of distilled water, which is used as a control in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The toxicity percentage levels of the African basil extracts against field pests of sweet melon were 25, 50, 75, and 100%. Maximum plant protection of the crop was achieved by the synthetic insecticide Cymbush (3.0 pest point), followed by Africa basil extract B100 (3.3 pest point), whereas weak and minimum insect pest protection were observed in the control (5.53 pest point). In conclusion, these results indicate the utility of African basil plant extracts against field insect pests of sweet melon as potential botanicals to control field insect pests and mitigate the hazardous use of synthetic insecticides on humans, animals, and the environment
Keywords
sweet melon; pest control; synthetic pesticides
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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