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1 August 2010 Categorizing the Resistance of Soybean Genotypes to the Soybean Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
L. M. Pierson, T. M. Heng-Moss, T. E. Hunt, J. C. Reese
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Abstract

We evaluated selected soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., genotypes during their reproductive stages for resistance to the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), under greenhouse conditions and documented the categories of aphid-resistant soybean. Two screening studies were performed to assess the level of resistance to the soybean aphid on six soybean genotypes during the reproductive stages of development. Significant differences in aphid damage ratings were detected among the soybean evaluated in the screening studies. Three genotypes (KS4202, K-1639-2, and K1621) were considered moderately resistant based on the assessed damage ratings. Two of these genotypes (K-1639-2 and KS4202), along with a commercial variety (‘Asgrow 2703’) were used in a follow-up greenhouse study to test for antibiosis and tolerance. For the antibiosis evaluation, KS4202 had significantly more nymphs than Asgrow 2703 and K-1639-2. In fact, KS4202 had a threefold difference in the number of nymphs compared with Asgrow 2703 (81.8 ± 14.7 and 26.2 ± 13.9 nymphs, respectively) and a fivefold difference compared with K-1639-2 (15.6 ± 13.9). Although not significant, Asgrow 2703 had more nymphs than K-1639-2. The lower aphid numbers on infested K-1639-2 plants compared with aphid numbers on Asgrow 2703 and KS4202 plants indicates antibiosis for this genotype. No significant differences in average seed weight, number of seeds per pod, or plant damage were observed between infested and control KS4202 plants; however, significant differences in biomass, total seed weight, number of pods per plant, and number of seeds per plant were detected.

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L. M. Pierson, T. M. Heng-Moss, T. E. Hunt, and J. C. Reese "Categorizing the Resistance of Soybean Genotypes to the Soybean Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(4), 1405-1411, (1 August 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC09324
Received: 1 October 2009; Accepted: 1 April 2010; Published: 1 August 2010
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KEYWORDS
antibiosis
Aphis glycines
Glycine max
host plant resistance
tolerance
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