Research Article

Contact Toxicity Effects of Selected Organic Leaf Extracts of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray and Vernonia lasiopus (O. Hoffman) against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Table 1

Treatment protocol for determination of contact toxicity effects.

GroupTreatment

I (negative control)Solvents only
II (positive control)Actellic Super™
III (experimental group A)25% (v/v) plant leaf extract
IV (experimental group B)50% (v/v) plant leaf extract
V (experimental group C)75% (v/v) plant leaf extract
VI (experimental group D)100% (v/v) plant leaf extract

Actellic Super ™ = 50 g/90 kg grain; solvents = 1 ml DCM/EtOAc.