An experiment was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nepalgunj in the years 2007 and 2009 with a view to find out the effectiveness of some locally available non-chemical grain protectants for lentil seed storage. The experiment consisted of eleven treatments with three replications  in Completely Randomized Design. The treatments were: Lentil + sawdust  1:l (v/v); lentil + ash 2: l (v/v); lentil + ash 4: 1 (v/v) lentil + fine sand 2: l (v/v); lentil + fine sand 4: l (v/v); Groundnut oil @ 5 ml/kg seed; Sesame oil @ 5 ml/kg seed; Dried neem leaves powder @ 100 g/kg seed; Dried neem leaves powder @ 50 g/kg seed; Household lime @ 10 g/kg seed and Control (lentil seeds only)...........

An experiment was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nepalgunj in the years 2007 and 2009 with a view to find out the effectiveness of some locally available non-chemical grain protectants for lentil seed storage. The experiment consisted of eleven treatments with three replications  in Completely Randomized Design. The treatments were: Lentil + sawdust  1:l (v/v); lentil + ash 2: l (v/v); lentil + ash 4: 1 (v/v) lentil + fine sand 2: l (v/v); lentil + fine sand 4: l (v/v); Groundnut oil @ 5 ml/kg seed; Sesame oil @ 5 ml/kg seed; Dried neem leaves powder @ 100 g/kg seed; Dried neem leaves powder @ 50 g/kg seed; Household lime @ 10 g/kg seed and Control (lentil seeds only)...........