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Screening and breeding for insect resistance in pea, lentil, faba bean and chickpea

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Title Screening and breeding for insect resistance in pea, lentil, faba bean and chickpea
 
Creator Reed, W
Cardona, C
Lateef, S S
Bishara, S I
 
Subject Chickpea
 
Description Although grain legumes are considered to be particularly susceptible to
insect damage, few studies have quantified these losses in farmers’ fields.
Insecticides can protect each of the; legumes from pest damage, but plant
resistance appears to be an attractive alternative, particularly for developing
countries. Large differences in susceptibility to the major insect pests have
been detected in the germplasm of each of pea, faba bean, lentil and
chickpea, but there are no reports of successful exploitation of genotypes
bred for resistance. Methods of screening and breeding for resistance are
described, with particular reference to Heliothis armigera on chickpea. The
dangers of breeding crops under protected conditions, for subsequent use in
farmers’ fields where protection is not afforded, are emphasized.
 
Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers
 
Contributor Summerfield, R J
 
Date 1988
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9171/1/107-115.pdf
Reed, W and Cardona, C and Lateef, S S and Bishara, S I (1988) Screening and breeding for insect resistance in pea, lentil, faba bean and chickpea. In: World Crops: Cool,Season Food Legumes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 107-115. ISBN 90-247- 3641-2.