Effect of rice husk ash on controlling insects pests on storage of soybean seeds under Manipur condition

Abstract

An experiment was conducted in the experimental laboratory of Agronomy Department, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, in 2013 to 2016, to study the “Effect of rice husk ash on controlling insects pests on storage of soybean seeds” (Glycine max L. Merril) in Manipur condition. It was found that when we mixed the rice husk ash with soybean seeds and stored in the ratio soybean: rice husk 1: 0.25 and above and there was no loss from the insect pests. In control i.e. T1(grains without rice husk ash) was found 100% damage in one year.