• October to December 2024 Article ID: NSS8902 Impact Factor:8.05 Cite Score:1184 Download: 47 DOI: https://doi.org/ View PDf

    Investigation of the insecticidal activities of Carica papaya Linn. and Cassia tora Linn. leaf extracts on Callosobruchus chinensis Linn.

      Rita Mishra
        Research Scholar, Govt. Model Science College, Rewa (M.P.)
      Dr. Arti Saxena
        Professor (Zoology) Govt. Model Science College, Rewa (M.P.)
      Kransi Gautam
        Research Scholar, Govt. Model Science College, Rewa (M.P.)
  • Abstract: Pests are killed with various substances. Although these pesticides frequently have good results, they can pose major issues for people or their pets because they are made to destroy living things. When we use pesticides on our plants or animals, they might enter our bodies and damage the environment and the food we eat. Other organisms besides their target pest are occasionally harmed by them. The potential for pests to develop a resistance to the pesticide is another issue with employing chemicals to manage them. One strategy to stop pests from harming the environment or the economy is biological control. Utilizing live creatures including parasites, viruses, and predators, biological control techniques manage pest populations on agricultural crops.  Agricultural fields that sustain robust populations of native predators can benefit from the application of basic land conservation techniques, or biological control agents can be created and bred in vast quantities prior to becoming released to minimize pest populations in crops that are affected (improvement) .Cassia tora and carica papaya methanol and chloroform fractions were successful in controlling Callosobruchus chinensis. According to the results, plant-based biopesticides might soon be used extensively in pest management initiatives.

    Keywords: Callosobruchus chinensis, insecticides, germination loss, pulses.