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Tannins and mimosine in Leucaena genotypes and their relations to Leucaena resistance against Leucaena Psyllid and Onion thrips

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The study was conducted throughout two seasons (2013 and 2014) at Xmatkuil farm at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, to determine the relationships and the interactions between chemical compositions of condensed tannins and mimosine and their effects on the susceptibility of four Leucaena genotypes: Cunningham and K636 (L. leucocephala), and Nativa and KX2 (L. leucocephala × L. pallida) to the infestation of the most destructive insect pests; Leucaena Psyllids, Heteropsylla cubana Crawford, 1914 (Homoptera: Psyllidae), and Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Mimosine showed insignificant effect on the population of both pests. However, tannins exhibited a significant effect for Psyllid population on Nativa and K636, and highly significant effect on thrips for the same respective genotypes. The insignificant relationships of tannin effect were found for Cunningham and KX2 to the population fluctuations of Psyllid and Thrips.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to express my deepest thanks to Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT/Mexico) which gave me the opportunity to obtain a scholarship to conduct my Ph.D. researches at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Yucatan (UADY), Mérida, Yucatán, México.

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This study was funded by the projects of my supervisor Dr. Francisco Javier Solorio Sánchez, Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and animal science, University of Yucatan (UADY), Mérida, Yucatán, México, which covered laboratory costs for materials and supplies for the studies.

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  1. Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Yucatan (UADY), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

    Ahmed M. M. Ahmed, Francisco J. Solorio Sánchez, Luis Ramírez y Avilés & J. B. Castillo Camaal

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt

    Ahmed M. M. Ahmed

  3. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt

    Rasha Ezzat Elsaid Mahdy

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The corresponding author, Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed, obtained his bench of living fees for conducting this research at Mexico from the educational program of CONACYT/ Mexico [Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología]. Besides, the financial support was provided by the Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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Five farmers participated in harvest processes during the period of the study. The technicians of nutrition laboratory in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ), University of Yucatan (UADY), Yucatán, Mexico also participated.

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Ahmed, A.M.M., Sánchez, F.J.S., Ramírez y Avilés, L. et al. Tannins and mimosine in Leucaena genotypes and their relations to Leucaena resistance against Leucaena Psyllid and Onion thrips. Agroforest Syst 91, 1–8 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-016-9907-1

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