Sitophilus oryzae is
a major stored grain pest affecting many varieties of food grains, among which
wheat infestation is common. It has been estimated that females of Sitophilus
oryzae can destroy 50 g of stored grain in three generations. Quantitative
loss was ascertained by infesting a fixed quantity of wheat grains with a fixed
number of male and female pairs and taking the weight Sitophilus oryzae is
a major stored grain pest affecting many varieties of food grains, among before
and after the infestation. Qualitative changes concerning the loss of amino
acid species upon infestation were ascertained by scanning the amino acid
content in the pre- and post-infestation phases through double-dimensional
chromatography. It has been found that the infestation caused weight loss in
different varieties, but the losses were not uniform, such as while PB 1105
suffered the most (24.57%), Sonalika suffered moderate (19.96%), and Kalyan
Sona suffered the least losses (11.96%). Similarly, the amino acid content also
induced the attack. The chromatogram of the post-infested sample revealed that
in the PB-1105 variety of wheat, six amino acids were lost, including two
essential ones. Whereas, in Sonalika and Kalyan Sona, out of twelve amino
acids, only three were lost, of which one was an essential amino acid.
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