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ABSTRACT
As botanical pesticides are slowly making wave and being accepted in the control of pests of crops, the experiment aimed to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Ginger on mortality of Fall armyworm larvae under laboratory conditions. Treatments were three concentrations 25%, 50% and 75% prepared by serial dilution of the aqueous extract, control(distilled water), 0.3% of sniper as standard check. It was fitted into a randomized complete block design with four replicates, larval instars two and three were used for this experiment. Mortality was recorded at 24, 48 and 72 hours of exposure, it increased with time and concentrations as 50% and 75% recorded the highest mortality after 72hours. Also, the phytochemical analysis of the extract confirmed the presence of glycosides, lycosides, anthraquinones, saponins, phenolic, steroids, resins, terpenoids and flavonoids. From the result, ginger is a natural source of repellent materials and has great pesticidal properties, thus can be adopted as a safe and natural pesticide, it has great effect on Fall armyworm mortality.
