Ozone as a Potential Fumigant Alternative for the Management of Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Wheat

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 1953-1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A Amoah ◽  
Rizana M Mahroof
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Rice Weevil ◽  
Ozone Exposure ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Gas Loss ◽  
Wheat Kernels

Abstract Gaseous ozone, an oxidizing agent used as a disinfectant in food processing and preservation, has potential for the control of stored product insects. In this study, we investigated ozone for the management of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a serious stored product insect pest. We exposed eggs, immature stages within wheat kernels, and adults of the rice weevil to 200-ppm ozone for 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 h. Insects were placed at 5, 15, or 25 cm depth within a wheat mass in PVC pipes (10 cm in diameter, 30 cm in height) and exposed to ozone. Egg eclosion was recorded 10 d after treatment (DAT), and immature stages were observed for adult emergence 28 DAT. Adults were observed for survival immediately after ozone exposure and again at 1 and 2 DAT. Egg eclosion was significantly lower at 5 cm compared with 25 cm at all exposure times, but not the 12-h exposure time. For each exposure time tested, significantly lesser adults developed from kernels and none of the adults survived at the 5 cm depth compared with the 15 and 25 cm depths. Survival rate of adults was significantly higher at 25 cm depth than at 15 cm depth at the 24–60 h. The deeper the insect in the grain mass, the higher the survival rate. The work reported suggests that ozone is effective in killing all life stages of S. oryzae; however, the efficacy of the gas is dependent on the concentration, exposure time, depth, and gas loss.

scholarly journals Effecs of damage by wheat bug, Aelia germari [Hemiptera : Pentatomidae], on grain quality and on reproductive performance of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae [Coleoptera : curculionidae]

2005 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Fourar ◽  
F. Fleurat-Lessard
Keyword(s):  
Grain Quality ◽  
Wheat Cultivar ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Rice Weevil ◽  
Wheat Kernels ◽  
Assimilable Nitrogen ◽  
Insect Attack ◽  
Different Levels

The wheat bug, Aelia germari, feeds on developing wheat kernels, causing a loss in baking quality of the harvested wheat (Triticum aestivum). The possible nutritional changes in the bug-damaged kernels after the harvest were tested in a bioassay using the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae, which feeds on the kernel endosperm. The weevils were reared on baking wheat cultivar 'Manon demias', grown in Algeria, with different levels (0, 4, 8 and 13%) of wheat bug (A. germari) damaged kernels. Rice weevil reared on 4, 8 or 13% damaged wheat had a shorter development time than on wheat with no damage. However, pair-wise correlations showed that Dobie's index for susceptibility of grain for stored-products insect attack, number of progeny per female and kernel weight loss were not correlated with the percentage of damaged kernels. Using multivariate analysis, the general characteristics of high quality grain were associated with long development times for S. oryzae, low number of progeny, high baking strength, high falling number, high nitrogen, low ash content, and low assimilable nitrogen.

scholarly journals PENGARUH FOSFIN (PH3) TERHADAP MORTALITAS HAMA GUDANG Sitophilus oryzae L. PADA KOMODITAS GANDUM

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 274-284
Author(s):  
Sarah Zulfiyah Febrianti ◽  
Suharto Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Exposure Time ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Triticum Spp ◽  
Adult Insect ◽  
Average Adult

 ABSTRACTWheat (Triticum spp.) is one of the commodities cereals are consumed by people in Indonesia. Indonesia climate conditions that are less in accordance with the growth and development of wheat crops affect food security of Indonesia. The imports of wheat Indonesia tend to increase from over the years. In the process, Sitophilus oryzae Linnaeus which is major insect pest of grain so that it causes damage and decrease of quality of grain. Therefore, effective control measures of this insect pest by quarantine officers are important. Phosphine solid formulations are expected to control pests S. oryzae effectively. The objectives of this study were to determine the dosage and exposure time which will were effectively kill S. oryzae on wheat commodities. S. oryzae on wheat was exposed to phosphine at 3 dosage (0.5 gr/m3, 1 gr/m3, and 1.5 gr/m3) and exposure times (6, 12, 18 and 24 hours). Moreover, mortality test of adult insect and adult insect of F1 offspring. Results showed that application of phosphine at dosage of 0.5 gr/m3, 1 gr/m3 and 1.5 gr/m3 with exposure time 18 and 24 hours completely killed 100% mortality adult insect of S. oryzae on wheat commodities. Dosage 1.5 gr/m3 with exposure time 24 hours show the average adult insect of F1 offspring as much as one tail.  Keywords: Sitophilus oryzae L., Phosphine (PH3), Wheat

Control of Three Species of Stored-Product Insects in Wheat Treated With Steam and Hot Air

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 1964-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darsana Divagar ◽  
Fuji Jian ◽  
Stefan Cenkowski
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Treatment Time ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Steam Treatment ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Wheat Kernels

Abstract The effect of 105°C steam or hot air on adult mortality of three species of stored-product insect pests outside wheat kernels of 12.5, 14.5 and 16.5% moisture content was investigated. The species were Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). In the case of S. oryzae, young adults and immature stages inside wheat kernels were also tested. The mortality of insects inside kernels was higher at lower moisture contents of wheat treated with hot air, whereas moisture content did not significantly affect mortality of insects treated with steam. In the hot air treatment, all adults of the three species outside kernels had 100% mortality when the treatment time was 75 s for wheat with 16.5% moisture content, and 60 s for 12.5 and 14.5% wheat. In the steam treatment, the time to reach 100% mortality of adults outside kernels was 1 s at any moisture content and without significantly affecting germination. The young adults and immature stages of S. oryzae inside kernels required 90 s to reach 100% mortality in hot air, whereas 3 s was needed in steam. The treatment to reach 100% mortality of insects inside kernels caused a 20% drop in germination in steam and 81% drop in hot air.

scholarly journals Repellent Effect of the Caraway Carum carvi L. on the Rice Weevil Sitophilus oryzae L. (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae)

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 836
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kłyś ◽  
Aleksandra Izdebska ◽  
Natalia Malejky-Kłusek
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Rice Weevil ◽  
Repellent Effect ◽  
Carum Carvi ◽  
Normal Relationship

The aim of the study was to check the effect of Carum carvi L. essential oil and L-carvone on the emigration, repellence and mortality of Sitophilus oryzae L. In the experiments with caraway essential oil, concentrations of 0.1%, 0.5% and 1% were used, and concentrations of 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1% were used with L-carvone. We assessed whether, in what concentrations and after what exposure time the substances acted on S. oryzae as repellents and/or insecticides. The laboratory tests were carried out at 29 ± 1 °C with 60 ± 5% relative humidity (RH). The deterrence, mortality and abundance of insects were noted after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 24 and 48 h. For caraway essential oil and L-carvone, the highest repellency was not shown in the highest concentrations that were used in the tests but in the lower concentrations of 0.5% and 0.1%, respectively. In all used concentrations, caraway essential oil showed repellent effects on S. oryzae. The highest repellency (60–98%) was caused by 0.5% caraway essential oil after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 h of research and by 0.1% L-carvone (16–100%). The highest mortality of S. oryzae was caused by 0.5% caraway essential oil and 1% L-carvone. L-carvone at a concentration of 0.05% did not cause mortality in S. oryzae. In conclusion, the greatest repellent effects on S. oryzae were caused by lower doses of caraway essential oil and L-carvone. These compounds do not show the normal relationship described in the previous literature on warehouse pests, in which the repellency increased with increasing concentrations of the tested plant material.

THE IMMATURE STAGES OF PTYCHOPTERA LENIS LENIS (DIPTERA: PTYCHOPTERIDAE) WITH NOTES ON THEIR BIOLOGY

1973 ◽  
Vol 105 (8) ◽  
pp. 1091-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. D. Hodkinson
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Atmospheric Oxygen ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Marginal Areas ◽  
Pharate Adult

AbstractThe four larval instars and the pupa of Ptychoptera lenis lenis Osten Sacken are described. Instars 2 to 4 are very similar morphologically but instar 1 is markedly different. Both a pharate pupal and a pharate adult stage were observed. Larvae are found in stagnant marginal areas of ponds where water depth does not exceed 4 cm and where benthic deposits of plant detritus exceed 8 cm. Fourth instar larvae, under experimental conditions, survived up to 45 days without contact with atmospheric oxygen but development was arrested. P. lenis has a 1 year life cycle with an extended adult emergence season from late May to the end of July.

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