Nonpreference of the lace bug Leptopharsa heveae Drake & Poor (Heteroptera: Tingidae) for rubber tree clones

To determine the resistance of rubber tree clones (Hevea brasiliensis) to Leptopharsa heveae Drake and Poor (Heteroptera: Tingidae) a trial was held in Itiquira, MT, in 1994/95 by comparing the following clones: AVROS 2037, Fx 4037, GT 1, HARBEL, IAC 207, IAN 4493, IAN 717, IAN 873, RO 38, and RO 46. Free choice and no choice trials involving preference for oviposition and feeding were carried out under field and laboratory conditions. The symptoms caused by the insects, number of excrements, number of eggs/female/leaflet, mortality rate, and number of insects/leaflet were scored. The results showed that clones Fx 4037, RO 38 and RO 46 were resistant by nonpreference for feeding and oviposition, whereas GT and IAN 873 were the most susceptible.

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Main Authors: Lara,Fernando M., Tanzini,Marcel R.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 1997
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591997000300003
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