Effects of Seed Physical Characteristics of Benin Soybean Germplasm on their Resistance to Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Effects of Seed Physical Characteristics of Benin Soybean Germplasm on their Resistance to Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Yêyinou Laura Estelle Loko1*, Joelle Toffa1, Azize Orobiyi1, Gbèblonoudo Anicet Dassou2, Rolande Okpeicha1, Dieudonné Gavoedo1 and Alexandre Dansi2
Figure 1:
Seeds of soybean cultivars along with their collection site names.
Figure 2:
Path diagram and coefficients showing causal relationship between Dobie susceptibility index (SI) and physical characteristics of soybean seeds from Benin. While the residual (R) shows the undetermined traits, the single and double arrowed lines illustrate a mutual association and direct influence, respectively.
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December 2022
Vol. 38, Iss. 4, Pages 1160-1546
