Effect of ten different plants and deltamethrin at different concentrations on

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) under laboratory conditions

Qamar Saeed, Shafqat Saeed, Muhammad Abrar Amin, Naeem Iqbal, Marryam
Bakhat Awar, Rashid Akram, UmairSial
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
saeedqamar@gmail.com

Abstract
Deltamethrin and ten different plants (powders) were tested on the pupae and
adults of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) at the Eco-Toxicology Laboratory of the
Department of Entomology, BZU Multan. Four concentrations were made for each
plant powder and deltamethrin. Each concentration was mixed in the 60 grams of
wheat flour. Results showed that minimum number of adults (0.16) was recorded in
wheat flour treated with neem seed powder whereas minimum number of pupae
(14.38) was recorded in wheat flour treated with castor beans powder. Different
concentrations of the different plant showed significant differences among them for
the pupae and adults of T. castaneum. Neem seed powder was found very effective
for adults and pupae of T. castaneum in all the four concentrations. Deltamethrin
also gave significant results and proved very effective against T. castaneum adults
and pupae. Reasonably low numbers of adults and pupae (1.85 and 7.70) survived
in deltamethrin treatments.
Keywords: Tribolium castaneum, Neem, Turmeric, Black pepper, Wheat, Red chilli