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Seventeen unreplicated field trials over nine sites and four years were used to classifyPisum germplasm (P. sativum L. &P. fulvum Sibth. & Sm) as potential sources of resistance to the pea weevil,Bruchus pisorum (L.). The emergence of adult weevils from <10% of harvested seed was used as the selection criterion to indicate possible resistance. A total of 1900Pisum accessions were assessed using the field trials and 1754 of theP. sativum accessions were eliminated. However in the 18P. fulvum accessions screened, the level of infestation by pea weevil was always below the arbitrary resistance threshold selected. This suggests thatP. fulvum accessions could be a valuable source of resistance to the pea weevil.
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Hardie, D.C., Baker, G.J. & Marshall, D.R. Field screening ofPisum accessions to evaluate their susceptibility to the pea weevil (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Euphytica 84, 155–161 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01677954
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