Activities of neem and wood ash as biopesticides in the control of insect pests on vegetable crops in Mubi
1 Department of Zoology, Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria
2 Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
3 Department of Biological Sciences, Taraba State University Jalingo, Nigeria
4 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Mkar, Gboko, Nigeria
* Corresponding author
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017, 01(01), 006–010.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2017.1.1.0006
Publication history:
Received on 27 August 2017; revised on 05 October 2017; accepted on 09 October 2017
Abstract:
The study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of neem and wood ash for the control of insect pests infesting three vegetables in the gardening; okra, spinach and sorrel. The plants were sown in a randomize complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. Treatment application starts immediately after germination and continued on 3 days interval. Parameters observed were number of damages and number of insect infestation. These were noted after 6 and 9 weeks of germination. Data collected was analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results revealed that there was a significant difference (P>0.05) in the number of damages as well as number of insect pests encountered. Wood ash proved to be more effective in protecting the vegetables against insect pests, since it recorded significant minimum activities of insect pests. Therefore, botanicals such as neem and wood ash could be considered as an effective in alternative method of pest management. The use of biopesticides generally is encouraged since they can proffer solution of controlling insect pest without any environmental concern.
Keywords:
Biopesticides; Neem; Insect pest; Vegetables; Wood ash
Full text article in PDF:
Copyright information:
Copyright © 2017 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0.
