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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 96, 2024
The 2nd Unhas International Conference on Agricultural Technology (UICAT 2023)
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| Article Number | 02004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Post-Harvest and Food Processing Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20249602004 | |
| Published online | 27 March 2024 | |
Effectiveness of bagasse and rice straw ashes against postharvest pest, Sitophilus zeamais on maize seed
1 Department of Plant Pest and Disease, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Hasanuddin, 90245, Makassar, Indonesia
2 Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt
3 Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Corresponding author: bayumario@unhas.ac.id
Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is the main pest on maize seed in the storage. In general, postharvest pest control uses synthetic insecticides. However, the use of these synthetic insecticides causes insect resistance and negative impact on human health. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of rice straw and bagasse ashes as inert dust in postharvest pest management of S. zeamais. This study was conducted at the Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Hasanuddin. This study used two treatments with four different doses i.e., 2, 4, 6, 8 g, and untreated (control). The results showed that complete (100%) of adult mortality at highest dose (8 g/kg seed) of bagasse ash in three days after infestation, while in the higher doses (6 and 8 g/kg seed) of rice straw ash killed 99.15%. The use of inert dust also causes typical symptoms in mortality in the form of wings coming out of the elytra, which is different from adult mortality without treatment.
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