Insect Pests Associated With Winged Bean In Ghana

Kwame  Afreh-Nuamah,

Insect Pests Associated With Winged Bean In Ghana

Abstract:

Insects assoclated with 17 varieties of winged bean (Psophocarps tetragonolobus) at preflowering, flowering and post-flowering are present ed. Based on the study, the most serious insect pests were the thiips Taen othrips sp., which sucked the plant sap and caus eo the flowers to d and shrivel; green soldier bug, Nezara viridula Linn., anu bean pyra, Maruca testulalis Geyer, which fed on the pods and invariably cauel their drop. Generally, most of the insects associated with this plant fel an the leaves and stem.

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