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Scirj Volume V, Issue VI, June 2017 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST BOOK DESTROYING TERMITES

Ndukwe O.K.; Ukpabi C. F., Okpara O.; Nwachukwu I.; Ihemama C.A.

Abstract: A study of efficacy of some botanicals for the control of termites affecting book in Abia State Polytechnic library was carried out in the Biology/Microbiology laboratory of the institution. The botanicals used are Eupatorium odoratum, Lycopersicon esculentum, Gongronema latifolium leaves and Citrus sinesis epicarp with ethanol and water as the extracting medium. After 2 hours of application of treatments, Eupartorium odoratum leaves had the highest mortality followed by Citrus epicarp at 5 % level of application table 1. After 6 hours of application, Eupartorium odoratium leaves still recorded the highest level of mortality. The results of the ethanolic and aqueous extracts of the botanical treated books against the termites indicate that at 25% concentration the rate of destruction by the termites for the paper treated ethanolic extract ranged from 5.53 ± 0.15d (Eupatorium odoratum) – 13.47 ± 0.06a (Lycpersicon esculentum) while that of aqueous extract ranged from 8.73 ± 0.06d in Eupartorium odoratum - 16.33 ± 0.15a (Lycpersicon esculentum) tables 3 and 4. In all the concentrations Eupartorium odoratium with least significant difference showed more potency followed by Citrus epicarp while Lycopersicon esculentum with highest significance difference in all concentrations showed least potency. It is evident from these results that extracts did pose a hindrance to activities of the termites. That efficacy of bio-pesticides was also shown to increase with increased rate of application time and period of exposure to the target pests.

Reference this Paper: INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST BOOK DESTROYING TERMITES by Ndukwe O.K.; Ukpabi C. F., Okpara O.; Nwachukwu I.; Ihemama C.A. published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume V, Issue VI, June 2017 Edition, Page 46-51 ".

Search Terms: botanicals, library, termite, books, potency, mortality extracts

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