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- 1Evenden, Maya (Biological Sciences)
- 1Sheau-Fang, Hwang (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Stephen, Strelkov (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Zijlstra, Ruurd T. (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
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Interactions of pea leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with its primary and secondary host plants in Alberta
DownloadFall 2021
The pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an invasive, oligophagous herbivore that feeds on a variety of legume (Fabales: Fabaceae) plants. Field peas (Pisum sativum) and faba bean (Vicia faba) are the primary host plants of the pea leaf weevil. Adult weevils...
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Nutritional value of heat-processed field pea and lentil grains as alternative feedstuffs for pigs
DownloadFall 2020
Field pea and lentil grains are alternative starch and protein sources for swine; however, pulse grains have a lower energy digestibility in pigs than conventional feedstuffs, contain trypsin inhibitors that may reduce protein digestion, and may reduce feed efficiency (G:F). Processing using...
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Spring 2018
Aphanomyces euteiches causes Aphanomyces root rot (ARR), an important disease of field pea (Pisum sativum). The development of ARR results in severe root damage, wilting and large yield losses under wet soil conditions. A survey of field pea crops in central Alberta in 2016 found an average...