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Movement and feeding activity of adult pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus L. in an oat–broadbean diculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Callistus W. Baliddawa
Callistus W. Baliddawa
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Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, U.K.
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Abstract

This paper briefly discusses insect pest responses in mixed crop stands, their peculiarities and possible crop protection advantages. Results on the effects of a bean–oat diculture on the movements and feeding activity of the adult pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus L. are presented and discussed. Mixtures of these crops were found to significantly reduce the amount of notching of the bean leaflets by the weevil and weevil relative populations are compared to the sole bean crops, and to increase emigration from the more diverse plots.

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Movementfeeding activityemigration tendencydicultureSitona lineatuspea leaf weevilintercropping
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 33 - 39
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Copyright © ICIPE 1984

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