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Resistance of αAI-1 transgenic chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) dry grains to bruchid beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Christoph Lüthi ,
Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme ,
Jeffrey D. Ehlers ,
Thomas J.V. Higgins  and
Jörg Romeis
Christoph Lüthi
Affiliation:
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme
Affiliation:
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
Jeffrey D. Ehlers
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Thomas J.V. Higgins
Affiliation:
CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Jörg Romeis*
Affiliation:
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
*
*Author for correspondence Phone: +41 (0)44 377 72 99 Fax: +41 (0)44 377 72 01 E-mail: joerg.romeis@art.admin.ch
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Abstract

Dry grain legume seeds possessing αAI-1, an α-amylase inhibitor from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), under the control of a cotyledon-specific promoter have been shown to be highly resistant to several important bruchid pest species. One transgenic chickpea and four cowpea lines expressing αAI-1, their respective controls, as well as nine conventional chickpea cultivars were assessed for their resistance to the bruchids Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say), Callosobruchus chinensis L. and Callosobruchus maculatus F. All transgenic lines were highly resistant to both Callosobruchus species. A. obtectus, known to be tolerant to αAI-1, was able to develop in all transgenic lines. While the cotyledons of all non-transgenic cultivars were highly susceptible to all bruchids, C. chinensis and C. maculatus larvae suffered from significantly increased mortality rates inside transgenic seeds. The main factor responsible for the partial resistance in the non-transgenic cultivars was deduced to reside in the seed coat. The αAI-1 present in seeds of transgenic chickpea and cowpea lines significantly increases their resistance to two important bruchid pest species (C. chinensis and C. maculatus) essentially to immunity. To control αAI-1 tolerant bruchid species such as A. obtectus and to avoid the development of resistance to αAI-1, varieties carrying this transgene should be protected with additional control measures.

Keywords

Acanthoscelides obtectusbruchid managementCallosobruchus chinensisCallosobruchus maculatusGM legumesstored product protection
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 373 - 381
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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