Development and mortality of the bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), on mature seeds of tepary beans, Phaseolus acutifolius, and common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris

Tepary beans, Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray, were more resistant to feeding by the bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), than common beans, P. vulgaris L. Developmental times were longer and mortality percentages were greater on all tepary accessions compared with common...

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