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*0628 Joplin, C.E. 1974. Pulse crops of the world and their important
insect pests. Burnaby, B.C. : Simon Fraser University. vii, 1 3 4 p. [Enj [En
Abst] (Thesis - M.Sc. (Pest Management)) (SB608.L4Jb)
Pulse crops (grain legumes) are an increasingly important source of protein
for a majority of the world's people. This paper provides background
information and selected references that a pest manager would find useful when
working with an unfamiliar cropping system of pulses and their insect perts.
The first chapter summarizes agronomic, economic, and nutritional data on 14
major species of pulses. References are provided to sources of information on
these and 15 other important species. The second chapter identifies the insect
genera and species that are important pests of pulses. Approximately 220
species of insects and related arthropods are catalogued indicating common
name, commonly damaged pulse crop hosts, and selected references. Three species
that are representative of common types of pest problems are described more
thoroughly in terms of their biology, ecology, and control. These are Bemisia
tabaci (Genn.) (lPomoptera: Aleyrodidae), Heliothis armigera (Hubner)
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Ophyiomia (=Melanagromyza) phaseoli (Tryon)
(Diptera: Agromyzidae). The concluding chapter discusses the status and
possibilities of pest management on pulse crops and provides information on
several internationally important institutions that are conducting such work.
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*0629 Ahmad, M. 1975. Important insect pests of summer legumes in the
Punjab Pakistan. PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH,
v.18(5):230-231. [Enj (REP.MB-2686)
The present investigation was initiated to identify the pest insects of
summer legumes, i.e., mungbean, blackgram, mothbean, cowpea and soybean grown
in Punjab, Pakistan, during the summers of 1973 and 1974. The following pest
insects were found infesting these legumes: whitefly, Bemisia tabaci; aphids,
Aphis craccivora, Acyrthosiphon pisum; leafhoppers, Empoasca devastans and
others; thrips, Caliothrips indicus and Thrips tabaci; Surface grasshoppers,
Chrotog3nus spp., Alolopus spp., Acrida spp., Atractomorpha spp.; and storage
pulse beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, C. analis, and C. chinensis. A.
craccivora, A. pisum and C. indicus were recorded for the first time in
Pakistan. The whitefly, B. tabaci, ranks as the most destructive pest of pulse
crops because it acts as a vector of yellow mosaic virus affecting blackgram,
mungbean, mothbean and soybean in Pakistan. [THH]
*0630 Iswaran, V. 1975. Seed pelleting with systemic insecticide (Aldicarb)
for the control of pests of mungo (Phaseolus aureus L.). ZENTRALBLATT FUER
BAKTERIOLOGIE, PARASITENKUNDE, INFEKTIONSKRANKHEITENUND HYGIENE. ABT. 2:
ALLGEMEINE LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE UND TECHNISCHE MIKROBIOLOGIE, v.130(S.):365-366
[En] [En De Abstj (REP.MB-1379)
In a field experiment it was shown that pelleting of Vigna radiata Wilczek
seeds with systemic insecticide aldicarb (Temic 10 G) and activated charcoal
together with Rhizobium inoculation resulted not only in significant increase
in bean yield but also controlled pest infestation up to six weeks without
spraying with any insecticides in the early stages. [AS]
*0631 Lumaban, M.D. ; Raros, R.S. 1975. Yield responses of cabbage and
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