Abstract: The repellent property of Lantana camara aqueous extract was tested against two insect pests of cowpea C. maculatus and A. obtectus and one insect pest of maize S. zeamais. The results showed that the extract displayed a mild repellency on C. maculatus with mean repellency of 39.9%. S. zeamais had mean repellency of 33.3% and A. obtectus 24.4%. The extract did not show excellent repellent activities against any of the three test insects as all of them have class repellency of 2 each. Further investigation of the extract should be carried out using other organic solvents on the test insects.
Keywords: Repellency, Extract, L. camara, C. maculatus, A. obtectus, S. zeamais.
Title: Testing the Repellent Property of Lantana Camara Lin Aqueous Extract on Some Insect Pests
Author: Hussaini Y., Bello S., Yakubu M. T., Ishaya M.
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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