TABLE 4 in EvaluationofCrudeOilExtractsfromPlantsforControllingMaize Infestations Caused by the Weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

TABLE 4: Effect of crude oil extracts of plants and solvent on percent germination of maize seeds. TreatmentDose (g/kg)Hexane%Mean ± SD germination ChloroformMethanolA. squamosa593.33 ± 0.58ab86.66 ± 0.58a86.67 ± 0.58a1090.00 ± 1.00ab90.00 ± 0.00ab93.33 ± 0.58ab1588.5 ± 1.00ab90.00 ± 0.00ab96.67 ± 0.58bC. ambrosioides583.33 ± 2.08a83.33 ± 1.15a83.33 ± 1.15a1085.00 ± 1.00a86.67 ± 0.58a93.33 ± 1.15ab1581.67 ± 0.58a90.00 ± 0.00ab90.00 ± 0.00abE. globulus590.00 ± 1.00ab93.33 ± 0.58ab93.33 ± 0.58ab1085.00 ± 2.00a83.33 ± 0.58a96.67 ± 0.58b1580.00 ± 1.73a100.00 ± 0.00ab100.00 ± 0.00bM. stenopetala586.67 ± 2.08a86.67 ± 0.58a90.00 ± 1.00ab1086.67 ± 0.58a86.33 ± 0.58a90.00 ± 0.00ab1585.00 ± 0.00a86.66 ± 0.58a96.67 ± 0.58bA. indica595.00 ± 0.00b93.33 ± 0.58ab93.33 ± 0.58ab1090.00 ± 0.00ab83.33 ± 0.58a86.67 ± 0.58a1580.00 ± 1.73a86.66 ± 0.58a90.00 ± 0.00abO. basilicum590.00 ± 0.00ab86.67 ± 1.52a86.67 ± 1.58a1078.33 ± 1.15a90.00 ± 1.00ab90.00 ± 1.00ab1583.33 ± 1.15ab93.33 ± 0.58ab96.67 ± 0.58bT. minuta591.67 ± 0.58ab93.33 ± 0.58ab93.33 ± 0.58ab1076.67 ± 1.15a90.00 ± 1.00ab96.67 ± 0.58b1575.00 ± 0.00a86.67 ± 0.58a90.00 ± 1.00abActellic 2% dust587.67 ± 1.15ab96.67 ± 0.58b96.67 ± 0.58bControl96.00 ± 0.58b96.67 ± 0.58b96.67 ± 0.58b Means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different (P <0.05), Tukey’s studentized range test (HSD).