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Varietal Resistance in Rice to the Crab, Sesarma huzardi, in Sierra Leone

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A new technique of mass-screening rice seedlings for resistance to the crab, Sesarma huzardi, developed by the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) at Rokupr is described.

About 500 mangrove swamp local collections and a few exotic varieties have been screened for resistance to crab damage. Only 2% of the varieties have been identified as highly tolerant. Generally, the local collections were tolerant, while none of the foreign introductions have been tolerant.

The basis of resistance appears to be morphological, which physically affects feeding mechanism; thus, some varieties were more susceptible to crab damage than others.

Degree of the heritability (h2b = 61%) estimate indicated that there is genetic variability for tolerance. In a team-oriented research, some of the varieties are being used in the WARDA breeding programme at Rokupr.

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Cet article décrit une nouvelle technique de dépistage en masse des plants de riz quant à la resistance au crabe, Sesarma huzardi, développee par le ‘West African Rice Development Association’ (WARDA) a Rokpur.

Approximativement 500 palétuviers, des collections locales et quelques variétés exotiques ont été soummises à un test de dépistage de la résistance aux dégâts causés par le crabe. 2% seulement les variétés ont été identifiées comme très tolérantes tandisque aucune des variétés étrangères nétait tolérantes. La base de la résistance apparaît ètre d’ordre morphologique ce qui physiquement affecte le mécanisme d’alimentation; ainsi quelques variétés étaient plus susceptibles que d’autres aux dégâts des crabes.

L’estimation du degré d’héritabilité (h2b = 61%) a indiqué qu il’y a variabilité génétique pour la tolérance. Dans une recherche conduite en équipe, quelques unes des variétés ont été utilisées dans le programme de croisement de cultures à WARDA, Rokupr.

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Agyen-Sampong, M. Varietal Resistance in Rice to the Crab, Sesarma huzardi, in Sierra Leone. Int J Trop Insect Sci 6, 413–415 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400004720

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