Sunil Naganagoud, AKumar2019-07-112019-07-112004No. of references 70http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810113789"The survey of indigenous storage technologies available in Hyderabad Kamataka (Gulbarga and Bidar districts) and the effect of few promising botanicals against two major stored grain pests on sorghum and chickpea under laboratory conditions were carried out at Agiicuiluiai College Raichur, Karnataka during 2002-03. Among the storage practices followed in the Hyderabad Kamataka region for cereals and pulses, sim drying was the predominant practice in Gulbarga and Bidar districts. The predominnnt storage structures used for storing cereals was gunny bags followed by hagevii and gunny bags for pulses. The sweet flag and malathion were found equally effective in minimum multiplication of !)olii Sitoplulus oiyznc and Callosohrucluis chincnsis on sorghum (2.50 and 1.00 adults/100 g of seed sample) and chickpea (1.50 and 1.00 adults/100 g of seed sample) respectively in the laboratory. Studies on seed mixing and storing along with various botanicals revealed that malathion and sweet Hag were found significantly superior up to 60 days. Botanical powders when dusted over cloth bags , the population build up was not noticed in malathion and sweet Hag treated bags in the beginning , later (after 60 days) incidence was noticed. The minimum seed d;iniage was in malathion, followed by sweet flag rhizome powder on sorghum and custard apple seed powder and sweet flag rhizome powder on chickpea. The germination was unaffected in these treatments in both seed ini.xing and dusting."ennullThesis