Bioscience Methods 2014, Vol.5, No.2, 1-8
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Figure 1 % Seed Damaged and Pest Tolerance by
C. maculatus
in cowpea cultivars
Table 1 Relative susceptibility of thirty one cowpea cultivars to
Callosobruchus maculatus
Cowpea cultivars
Number of eggs
laid
% adults
emerged
Development
time (days)
% seed
damage
% Pest tolerance % Weight loss Susceptibility
indices
MIT04K-339-1
4.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
MIT07K-299-92
5.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
MIT07K-211-1-8
12.5
63.9
24.6
8.5
81.2
5.6
2.86
MIT07K-292-10
29.9
70.3
22.8
16.6
73.4
9.4
3.11
EIT07K-303-1
19.5
71.8
24.7
14.7
74.8
6.2
3.02
EIT07K-243-1-10 13.6
66.0
27.0
6.8
82.7
5.8
2.92
EIT07K-243-1-5
14.9
60.6
26.9
8.8
81.9
5.8
2.97
EIT06-154-1
10.0
60.0
22.3
5.4
84.6
5.4
2.42
IT96-610
4.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
1T845-2246-4
25.2
79.6
27.8
13.9
75.1
10.2
3.05
IFE BROWN
35.4
79.2
28.0
31.5
62.4
10.9
6.72
MIT06K-128
13.5
74.2
23.9
10.5
79.3
6.0
2.43
MIT07K-188-49
7.8
51.4
24.9
3.2
88.2
5.1
1.87
MIT07K-835-45
18.3
76.5
27.1
7.8
82.3
6.1
2.56
MIT07K-318-33
21.0
71.3
26.8
12.7
77.2
8.5
3.01
MIT07K-309-44
15.9
81.7
25.8
10.8
79.0
6.1
2.79
MIT06K-281-1
4.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
MIT07K-187-24
4.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
MIT06K-124
19.7
66.1
25.1
9.9
80.3
6.1
2.86
MIT04K-219-2
26.0
73.2
26.8
19.4
72.8
10.1
4.67
MIT04K-321-2
22.1
68.0
27.3
11.6
78.5
6.6
3.08
MIT07K-304-9
4.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
MIT03K-337-6
33.7
77.1
28.0
30.3
63.4
10.4
5.57
MIT06K-121
6.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.2
0.00
MIT07K-194-3
27.0
63.1
25.9
13.5
75.6
9.4
3.32
MIT98K-503-1
19.7
55.9
26.9
8.3
82.1
6.2
2.95
EIT04K-221-1
17.7
50.8
26.9
7.8
82.3
6.1
2.74
EIT07K-291-69
4.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.1
0.00
EIT07K-299-4
13.1
53.3
27.8
7.8
82.3
5.7
2.84
EIT03K-369-3
20.7
62.9
28.0
10.3
79.9
6.1
3.12
EIT97K-499-35
26.9
66.8
27.7
14.8
74.2
10.0
3.43
SED
11.4
3.2
0.3
2.1
3.9
1.4
0.01
LSD (0.05)
21.6
7.5
NS
9.4
17.2
4.6
0.59
Note: Each value is a mean of three replicates