Mentha and Citrus oil against Post Harvest Deterioration of Wheat during Storage
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Severe deterioration of wheat seeds were taken by different mycotoxin producing fungi as well as insects during its storage and for control of such post harvest losses and several synthetic chemicals are commonly used. But the use of many synthetic chemicals has been cautioned due to their residual toxicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and other adverse effects on different biological system of animals and human beings after consumption. In this attempts were made to study the efficacy of Mentha and Citrus oil against post harvest management of stored wheat. Out of 08 fungi isolated from stored wheat sample, Aspergillus flavus was found most dominant, and followed by Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigatus. These mycoflora were treated with different concentration of Mentha and Citrus oils. 500 and 1000µl/ml of Mentha and citrus oil respectively, which found effective against them. The effect of these two oils were also affected to two insects Sitophilus oryzae and Tribolium castaneum which commonly associated with stored wheat samples. It was found that at 50 0µl/ml concentration of Mentha oil and at 1000µl/ml concentration of Citrus oil, infestation of stored wheat samples with insects was completely checked. Seeds of wheat exhibited significantly increasing in percent germination after storage that was provided with fumigation by both the oils, which inoculated by fungi.
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