COMPARATIVE BIO-ACTIVITY OF SOME EDIBLE SPICE POWDERS IN THE CONTROL OF THE MAIZE WEEVIL (SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS MOTSCH) INFESTING STORED MAIZE IN LAFIA, NIGERIA

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2013-01-02

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Enterpreneurship Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi

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West African black pepper, clove, ginger, Ethiopian pepper. Alligator pepper, repellency, toxicity, treatment before infestation, treatment after infestation.

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