author(s)
Alpha Cisse, Aboubacry Kane, Souleymane DIA and Mbacké Sembene

abstract
Senegalese farmers have often recourse to local plants in the post-harvest management. The groundnut storage methods have been assessed by surveying 180 farmers in the Groundnut Basin (Fatick, Kaolack and Kaffrine). Three plants (Khaya senegalensis, Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus camaldulensis) were identified as insecticidal plants. The levels of damaged pods and seeds by C. serratus were respectively: 56% and 33.34% in Fatick; 65% and 26% in Kaolack; 64% and 56% in Kaffrine. The storage rooms and plastic barrels were used as follows: 81% and 37,88% in Fatick ; 97% and 6,67% in Kaolack ; 93% and 3% in Kaffrine. The proportion of pesticides and insecticidal plant utilisation was 96,67% and 30% in Kaffrine ; 80% and 37% in Kaolack ; 73,33% and 40% in Fatick. The storage rooms were mostly built with cement in all regions (90% in Kaolack and 80% in Kaffrine) but Fatick where the banco was used at 33.33%. The highest levels of infestation were recorded in March – April (60% in Kaolack, 43.33% in Kaffrine) and in April – May (47% in Fatick).