پارامترهای جدول زندگی Callosobruchus maculatus روی دانه‌های لوبیا چشم‌بلبلی (Vigna unguiculata) تیمارشده با برخی کودهای زیستی و شیمیایی

نوع مقاله : مقاله کامل، فارسی

نویسندگان

1 گروه گیاه پزشکی، دانشکده کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران و : گروه گیاه پزشکی، دانشکده کشاورزی، مجتمع آموزش عالی سراوان، سراوان، سیستان و بلوچستان، ایران

2 گروه گیاه پزشکی، دانشکده کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران

10.52547/jesi.42.4.2

چکیده

سوسک چهارنقطه‌ای حبوباتCallosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) آفتی خسارت‌زا روی لوبیا چشم‌بلبلی Vigna unguiculata (L.) در مزرعه و انبار بوده و منجر به کاهش قابل‌توجه وزن دانه، قدرت جوانه‌زنی و ارزش بازاری محصول می‌شود. تاثیر کوددهی لوبیا چشم‌بلبلی (رقم مشهد) با کودهای شیمیایی تریپل ‌سوپرفسفات (TSP) و اوره و برخی کودهای زیستی ( Bradyrhizobium japonicum، Pseudomonas putida و Glomus spp.) روی زیست‌شناسی و پارامترهای جدول زندگی سوسک چهارنقطه‌ای حبوبات در دمای 1±28 درجه سلسیوس، رطوبت نسبی 5 ±65 درصد و تاریکی مطلق بررسی شد. بیش‌ترین درصد بقای مراحل نابالغ روی تیمارهای P. putida و شاهد (به ترتیب 75/97 و 69/95 درصد) و کمترین درصد بقاء در تیمارهای TSP و B. japonicum (به ترتیب 06/65 و 75 درصد) مشاهده شد. علی رغم اینکه طول مراحل نابالغ C. maculatus در دانه‌های تیمار شده با TSP و B. japonicum طولانی‌تر از تیمار شاهد بود، نرخ ذاتی افزایش جمعیت (124/0 بر روز) و نرخ خالص تولید مثل (34/34 نتاج) حشره روی دانه‌های تیمارشده با TSP کمتر از شاهد (به ترتیب 143/0 بر روز و 07/51 نتاج) به دست آمد. نتایج این پژوهش نشان داد که ارزش غذایی دانه‌های حاصل از تیمار کود TSP و B. japonicum برای سوسک چهارنقطه‌ای حبوبات، کمتر از دانه‌های حاصل از سایر تیمارهای کودی بودند.

چکیده تصویری

پارامترهای جدول زندگی Callosobruchus maculatus روی دانه‌های لوبیا چشم‌بلبلی (Vigna unguiculata) تیمارشده با برخی کودهای زیستی و شیمیایی

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Life table parameters of Callosobruchus maculatus on cowpea seeds (Vigna unguiculata) treated with some biological and chemical fertilizers

نویسندگان [English]

  • Fatemeh Hamzavi 1
  • Bahram Naseri 2
  • Mahdi Hassanpour 2
  • Jabraeil Razmjou 2
  • ALI Golizadeh 2
1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mohaghegh Ardabili University of Ardabil, Iran & Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Saravan, Iran
2 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mohaghegh Ardabili University of Ardabil, Iran
چکیده [English]

The cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a destructive insect pest of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.), in the field and storage, causes significant losses in seed weight, germination ability, and the market value. The effect of cowpea (Mashhad cultivar) fertilization with chemical fertilizers (triple superphosphate (TSP) and urea) and some biofertilizers (Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Pseudomonas putida, mycorrhizal fungi) was studied on biology and life table parameters of C. maculatus at 28 ± 1°C, relative humidity of 65 ± 5%, and complete darkness. The highest immature survival (%) was on the grains treated with P. putida and control (97.75 and 95.69%, respectively), and the lowest survival was on the grains fertilized with TSP and B. japonicum (65.06 and 75%, respectively). Although the developmental time of C. maculatus reared on TSP- and B. japonicum-treated grains was longer than the control, the intrinsic rate of increase (0.124 day-1) and net reproductive rate (34.34 offspring) on the grains treated with TSP were lower than the control (0.143 day-1 and 51.07 offspring, respectively). Results of this research showed that the nutritional value of the grains obtained from TSP and B. japonicum treatments were lower than those obtained from other fertilizer treatments.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Callosobruchus maculatus
  • Cowpea
  • Life history
  • Life table
  • Biofertilizer

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