"Insack'" Treatment Of, Maize with Insecticide For Protection against Storage Pests in Uganda

Abstract

At the Cotton Research Station, maize production is an integral part .of the farming system. It is grown, on the first and third year of the rotation on the main rains, between early February and June. In order to facilitate the timely planting of the cotton .on the same land, immediately following maize, the latter is harvested as so.on after maturation as possible when the moisture content of the grain is as high as 25 per cent. If the maize is to be stored satisfactorily and kept free of insect pests, it must be dried to a moisture content of at least 12 per cent. Local environmental conditions make natural drying in the field or crib unreliable and artificial drying, carried out at Namulonge on an "insack" platform dryer is necessary.