Repellent activity of alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta, and ginger, Zingiber officinale, against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais

Agriculture & Biology

• Aframomum melegueta 92%
• Sitophilus zeamais 70%
• Zingiber officinale 68%
• ginger 61%
• repellents 56%
• stored product protection 17%
• bioassays 16%
• neral 15%
• geranial 14%
• small-scale farmers 13%
• Zingiberaceae 13%
• olfactometers 12%
• distillates 12%
• cineole 11%
• linalool 11%
• Curculionidae 10%
• gas chromatography-mass spectrometry 10%
• fractionation 8%
• Zea mays 8%
• acetates 8%
• Coleoptera 7%
• liquids 7%
• corn 6%
• extracts 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Weevils 100%
• Zingiberaceae 79%
• Alligators and Crocodiles 77%
• Ginger 70%
• Zea mays 63%
• citral 33%
• Biological Assay 21%
• Heptanol 17%
• linalool 16%
• Eucalyptol 16%
• Coleoptera 15%
• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry 12%
• Farmers 12%
• Vacuum 11%
• Acetates 10%

Chemical Compounds

• Repellent 67%
• (R)-Linalool 24%
• Neral 20%
• Geranial 20%
• 1,8-cineole 17%
• Bioassay 12%
• Fractionation 11%
• Vacuum 10%
• Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) 9%
• Acetate 9%
• Liquid 6%