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On a Bruchid Seed-borer in Acacia arabica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

F. G. G. Peake
F. G. G. Peake
Affiliation:
Forest Entomologist, Ministry of Agriculture, Anglo–Egyptian Sudan.
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Bruchus baudoni (Caillol) infests the seed of Acacia arabica in the Sudan and renders it largely infertile. Attack is not only in stored seed but also in the green pods before these have fallen from the trees. The life-history was studied and the newly hatched larva found to move freely about amongst the seed before boring. As this vulnerable stage occurred only once every six weeks with each new generation, a contact insecticide rather than a fumigant would be more likely to give satisfactory control. Parasites were found of the Bruchids of other Acacia species but not on B. baudoni. The search for a parasite is being extended to east, central and west Africa as the Acacia arabica of these countries is widely separated from that of the Sudan.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , July 1952 , pp. 317 - 324
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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