The current study was conducted in
Laboratory of Department of Crop Protection, Modibbo
Adama University of Technology, Yola to evaluate the
biocidal effects of different concentrations of extracts of
Azadirachta indica, Hyptis souveolens and Moringa
oleifera against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) at different time interval.
Three applications of 5, 10 and 15% were used to assess
the mortality of T. castaneum at five different periods of
24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours. The results revealed that
the mortality of T. castaneum increased with increase in
concentration of plant extracts. Tribolium castaneum
gave highest mortality (36.0 %) at 15%, while least
mortality (7.32 %) was obtained in M. oleifera at lower
concentration (5%). Comparing the relative efficacy of
these plant extracts in relation to time, highest percent
mortality (38.9 %) was also observed in A. indica after
24 hours compared to the extracts of H. souveolens and
M. oleifera which gave high mortality of 33.33 and 10.0
%, respectively. Regarding interaction between
concentration and time, mortality increases with respect
to increase in concentration, but reduces with passage of
time. This shows that toxicity effects of these plant
extracts is directly affected by concentration and time.
Therefore, this study confirmed that these plant extracts
are effective in the management of T. castaneum and
most effectively at higher concentration with longer
duration of time
Keywords : Tribolium Castaneum, Plant Extracts, Mortality, Biocidal.