Table 4 List of chemical insecticides used by farmers to protect Kersting’s groundnut grains against storage insect pests and their utilization methods
Trade name | Active ingredient | Chemical family | Mode of use | Place of purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
KD plus 415 | Lambda-cyhalothrine 15 g/l + Chlorpyriphos-éthyl 400 g/l | Organophosphate | Put seeds of M. geocarpum in empty pesticide bottles containing pesticide residues | Market |
Lambda Super 2.5 EC | Lambda-cyhalothrine 25 g/l | Pyrethroid | CARDER | |
Glyphader 480 | Glyphosate 480 g/l | Amino-phosphonate | CARDER | |
Sofagrain | Aluminum phosphide | Organophosphate | Put a pill in about 50 kg of stored M. geocarpum seeds | CARDER |