Adult Sitona crinitus H. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) feeding preference on some legume species
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Mohammed El Damir, Mustapha El Bouhssini, Abd El Moneim, Mohammad Naif Alsalti. (31/12/2016). Adult Sitona crinitus H. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) feeding preference on some legume species. Revue Marocaine de Protection des Plantes, 9, pp. 11-16.
Abstract
We determined the feeding preference under artificial infestation in plastic house conditions
of Sitona crinitus Herbst on several legumes: Vicia sativa, V. ervilia, V. faba, Lens culinaris
(small Syrian local " ILL: 4401"), Medicago polymorpha, Trifolium angustifolium, Cicer
arietinum, and three Lathyrus species: Lathyrus sativus, L. ochrus and L. cicera. Beginning
with the least-preferred leguminous food and feed crops, the order of feeding preference by
Sitona was: V. sativa, L. culinaris, V. ervilia, T. sativum, M. sativa, L. cicera, L. Sativus, L.
ochrus. No significant differences in preference were found between V. sativa, L. culinaris,
V. ervilia and T. sativum. However, there were significant differences in feeding preference
(P<0.05) between these species and Lathyrus spp. Cicer arietinum and Vicia faba were not
hosts of S. crinitus. The genotypes of L. ochrus were less preferred than those of the other
two Lathyrus species; the selection # 549 was the least preferred among L. ochrus
genotypes. This nonprefernce may be related to the high level of the neurotoxin 3-(NOxalyl)-L-2,
3 diominopropionic acid (ß-ODAP) content of L. ochrus.
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El Bouhssini, Mustapha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8945-3126