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Distribution and Effect of Bean flies, Ophiomyia phaseoli and O. spencerella, on Beans at Kabete, Kenya

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Eight cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and the Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) were used to study the distribution of puparia of the bean fly species Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tyron) and O. spencerella (Greathead). The puparia of the two bean fly species were distributed differently in the plant, O. spencerella predominating in the root and O. phaseoli in the shoot. There were significant differences between some of the bean cultivars and the number of puparia found. Tepary had the least puparia and P. vulgaris cultivars GLP 806 and GLP 1131 the most. There was a low correlation between the number of puparia and the final yield or root dry weight.

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Huit variétées des haricots ordinaires Phaseolus vulgaris L. et l’haricot “tepary” Phaseolus acutifolius ont été utilisées pour étudier la distribution des pupes des mouches de l’haricot de l’espèce Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tyron) et O. spencerella (Greathead). Les pupes des deux espèces de mouches de l’haricot se sont réparties différement sur la plante, O. phaseoli principalement sur la pousse et O. spencerella sur la racine. Il ya eu des différences significatives entre les variétées d’haricots et le nombre de pupes trouvées. Tepary avait le moins de pupes et GLP 806 et 1131 le plus. Aucune corrélation n’a été établie entre le nombre de pupes et le rendement final ou le poids sec des racines.

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  1. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya

    B. Tengecho

  2. Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete Campus, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya

    C. L. Coulson & H. A. D’Souza

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Tengecho, B., Coulson, C.L. & D’Souza, H.A. Distribution and Effect of Bean flies, Ophiomyia phaseoli and O. spencerella, on Beans at Kabete, Kenya. Int J Trop Insect Sci 9, 505–508 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400011048

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