Influence of storage containers prepared from six different materials viz. gunny bag, polythene fertilizer bag, bamboo basket coated on both sides with mixture of soil and cowdung (1:1 w/w), earthen pots (mouth closed with mud), galvanised tin and plastic containers were evaluated against storage pulse beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) on green gram, Vigna radiata L. (Wilczek) seeds in the laboratory. The result indicates that the effectiveness towards seed damage by Callosobruchus maculatus, number of eggs per seed, holes per seed, loss in seed weight and total development period was in the descending trend of plastic container > galvanised fin> polythene fertilizer bag > earthen pot > gunny bag and bamboo basket. The storage containers did not influence the seed viability and cookability of the stored grains.
