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By means of a backcross breeding program, high levels of resistance to the Mexican bean weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), were transferred from wild bean accessions to bean cultivars. Four variants of arcelin, the antibiosis factor, showed differential effects on the biology of the insect. Thus, arcelin 1-derived lines were highly resistant to the weevil with a level of resistance equal to that of the resistant check. Arcelin 2 lines were intermediate, while lines obtained from crosses with arcelin 3 and 4 were suscep­tible. Resistant lines were coded RAZ and will be distributed to national programs in Africa and Latin America where the Mexican bean weevil is an important storage pest.

POSSOL, C. E., CARDONA, C., VALOR, J. F., & MORALES, H. (1992). DEVELOPMENT OF BEAN RESISTANT LINES TO Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman)) (COLEOPTERA: BRUCHIDAE). Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 18(1), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v18i1.10087
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