Effectiveness of Chia Seed Plant Powder in Comparison with Malathion in the Control of Bean Weevils

dc.contributor.authorKamugisha, Francis
dc.contributor.authorOpio, Fina
dc.contributor.authorOsiru, David
dc.contributor.authorAharinta, Kenneth Faith
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T07:43:00Z
dc.date.available2024-02-01T07:43:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionEffectiveness of Chia Seed Plant Powder in Comparison with Malathion in the Control of Bean Weevilsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 pesticideen_US
dc.identifier.citationhttps://doi.org/10.37284/eajab.6.1.1261en_US
dc.identifier.issn2707-4293
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.bsu.ac.ug//handle/20.500.12284/628
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnologyen_US
dc.subjectBean Weevilen_US
dc.subjectBean Varietiesen_US
dc.subjectChia Seed Plant Powderen_US
dc.subjectMalathionen_US
dc.subjectOrganic Pesticideen_US
dc.subjectSynthetic Pesticideen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of Chia Seed Plant Powder in Comparison with Malathion in the Control of Bean Weevilsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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