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Abstract:
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(En)
Mass screening was undertaken to obtain sources of pea germplasm that were resistant to the pea weevil. The material screened included local cultivars, landraces and wild pea types. After three seasons of field trial, 69 assessions that were potentially resistant, including all of the P.fulvum accessions were left. No-choice testing of whole plants was undertaken in a growth room and a glasshouse. These tests demonstrated the presence of a high level of resistance to the pea weevil in the P.fulvum accessi ggested pea weevils preferred to lay their eggs on some genotypes and at certain stages of development. A bio-assay confirmed that the stage of pod development and length influence the number of eggs laid. It was established the first hatching of eggs o
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