The laboratory preference of annual legumes by pea weevil sitona lineatus L. (Col., curculionidae) and their effect on susceptibility of weevils to entomogenous nematodes.
The activity and natural mortality of Sitona lineatus weevils during the egg laying period may be connected with host plant preference. Preference of S. lineatus adults for early field pea and other pea cultivars influences their low feeding activity and results in lopff average body weight and higher susceptibility to entomogenous nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae, and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.
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Agricultural Academy in Kraków, Krakow, 31-425, Poland.
D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007887:Fabaceae; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012205:Rhabdiasoidea