| dc.description.abstract | The primary objective of the research was to contribute to the control of
storage pests in beans through the use of chia seed plant powder—an organic
control method. The study adopted both descriptive and correlational
research designs for data collection and analysis. It comprised: a survey of
the chia seed farmers in Kyabugimbi sub-county, Uganda, for the purpose of
assessing their perception concerning control of storage pests in beans
through the use of chia seed plant powder; and an experiment for assessing
the susceptibility of a variety of beans and pesticide application. The
experiment had three bean varieties: NAROBEAN3, NABE16, and
KAHURA. The type of pesticide had two treatments and control, that is, chia
seed plant powder and malathion, and each had three levels. A control
consisted of dishes with bean varieties infested with weevils without any
pesticide added. Each set was comprised of control without any treatment. A
total of 54 samples were used. These were laid out in a completely
randomised Block design (CRBD) and replicated three times. Pesticides were
applied at 0%, 50%, and 100% rates of application. Data were collected on
the following measurements: Number of infested seeds, number of adult
bruchids that emerged, and weight of seeds at the end of the experiment. The
ANOVA test results found that the effect of pesticide application on the
number of infested seeds, number of weevils that emerged, and weight of
bean seeds was significant (P< 0.01), while the variety of beans was not
significant. Although malathion had the lowest bean weevil figures and is
therefore more effective in controlling bean weevils, it is a synthetic product,
and chia seed would be promoted because it is an organic product because of
being more friendly to the human body and the environment than malathion,
a synthetic pesticide | en_US |
