Claim · model-written summary
Weevil eggs hatched 3-4 days after laying.
- Taxon
- Piezotrachelus variuse1
- Interactor
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae1host - Outcome
- eggs hatchede0
- Value
- 3-4 dayse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the eggs hatched 3-4 days later”
e1“The bioecology of the cowpea pod weevil, Piezotrachelus varius”
Title
Nelson Neba Ntonifor; Philippe Edimengo; Manuele Tamò CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) 2006
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Adult weevils appeared before flowering, feeding on cowpea leaves and flowers before new pods.
- Observation Pod feeding made holes through which females laid clusters of 2-5 eggs.
- Observation Three larval stages fed on peas and pupated within pods, usually near damaged peas.
- Observation Juveniles fed in stored mature cowpea pods and adults emerged up to two weeks after harvest.
- Observation Weevil development completed in 16-17 days.
- Observation Adults lived more than five months.
- Observation Postharvest cowpea seed damage peaked two weeks after harvest.
- Observation Anisopteromalus calandrae emerged from pods and appeared to be a potential parasitoid of P. varius.
- Observation Pteromalus sp. emerged from pods and appeared to be a potential parasitoid of P. varius.
- Observation Pediobius sp. emerged from pods and appeared to be a potential parasitoid of P. varius.
- Observation Aprostocetus sp. emerged from pods and appeared to be a potential parasitoid of P. varius.
- Observation Bracon sp. emerged from pods and appeared to be a potential parasitoid of P. varius.
- Observation Off-season P. varius adults survived on cowpea residues and alternate hosts.