Variation among accessions of Pisum fulvum for resistance to pea weevil. (Plant Genetic Resources).

From: Crop Science | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Clement, S.L.; Elberson, L.R.; Hardie, D.C. | Copyright information

The pea weevil, Bruchus pisorum (L.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), is one of the most intractable pest problems of cultivated pea, Pisum sativum L. The availability of resistant cultivars would give growers more pest management options. Searches for plant resistance to pea weevil were expanded to the Pisum secondary gene pool (P. fulvum Sm.) because seed resistance had not been located in P. sativum and subspecies. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent of pod and seed resista...

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