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1 June 2009 Resistance Among Cultivated Sunflower Germplasm to Stem-Infesting Pests in the Central Great Plains
Laurence D. Charlet, Robert M. Aiken, Jerry F. Miller, Gerald J. Seiler
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A 7-yr field study evaluated 61 oilseed sunflower, Helianthus annuus L, accessions and 31 interspecific crosses for resistance to attack by naturally occurring populations of three stem-infesting pests, the sunflower stem weevil, Cylindrocopturus adspersus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); a longhorned beetle, Dectes texanus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae); and a root boring moth, Pelochrista womonana (Kearfott) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), at two locations in the central Great Plains. Germplasm with potential sources of resistance to attack from all three stem-infesting species were revealed. Accessions PI 650558, PI 386230, and PI 431516 were consistent in averaging low densities of stem weevil larvae per stalk among lines tested, and PI 497939 exceeded 25 weevil larvae per stalk in only 1 yr of 5 yr of trials. Several interspecific crosses also had consistently low densities of C. adspersus larvae per stalk. Populations of both D. texanus and P. womonana were variable over years, but differences among the lines tested were evident in many trials, revealing potential for developing resistant germplasm. Four accessions (PI 386230, PI 431542, PI 650497, and PI 650558) had low larval densities of C. adspersus and P. womonana in addition to reduced percentage infestation by D. texanus. Results showed potential for developing resistant genotypes for these pests. The prospect of adding host plant resistance as an integrated pest management (IPM) tactic would provide another tool for reducing economic losses from stem-infesting insect pests of sunflower in the central Great Plains.

Laurence D. Charlet, Robert M. Aiken, Jerry F. Miller, and Gerald J. Seiler "Resistance Among Cultivated Sunflower Germplasm to Stem-Infesting Pests in the Central Great Plains," Journal of Economic Entomology 102(3), 1281-1290, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0355
Received: 12 September 2008; Accepted: 1 January 2009; Published: 1 June 2009
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KEYWORDS
Cylindrocopturus adspersus
Dectes texanus
host plant resistance
Pelochrista womonana
sunflower
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