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Physicochemical changes of stored cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, treated with selected essential oils to control cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.)

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dc.contributor.author Rubasinghege, G.R.S.
dc.contributor.author Paranagama, P.
dc.contributor.author Abeywickrama, K.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-26T07:27:28Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-26T07:27:28Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.identifier.citation Rubasinghege, G.R.S., Paranagama, P., and Abeywickrama, K., (2006). Physicochemical changes of stored cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, treated with selected essential oils to control cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.), Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. Vol 4 (3/4). 41 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/17894
dc.description.abstract Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds were treated with essential oils of C. citratus,C. nardus, C. zeylanicum, M. minutum and a standard pesticide (pirimiphos methyl) as fumigant toxicants. At the end of the four month storage period, physical and chemical properties of cowpea from each storage system were analyzed. Variation of physicochemical properties among treated storage systems was insignificant with one exception; 20±5% of moisture was lost in samples treated with essential oils due to absorption of treated oil. Higher protein, fat and dietary fiber contents were reported from essential oil-treated samples compared to those treated with pirimiphos methyl. With lower toxicity to humans and other mammals and less or no significant variation in physicochemical properties, the selected essential oils can be used as fumigant toxicants against Callosobruchus maculatus (F.). en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. en_US
dc.subject Physiochemical analysis en_US
dc.subject cowpea en_US
dc.subject biopesticides en_US
dc.subject essential oils en_US
dc.subject storage systems en_US
dc.subject Callosobruchus maculatus en_US
dc.title Physicochemical changes of stored cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, treated with selected essential oils to control cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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