Open AccessEvaluation of chili accessions for resistance against Thrips sp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Author(s) -
Rini Murtiningsih,
Rinda Kirana,
Catur Hermanto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/653/1/012077
Subject(s) - thripidae , thrips , pest analysis , biology , crop , horticulture , resistance (ecology) , toxicology , agronomy
Thrips sp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is one of chili pests that can cause significant crop losses by 23% and be even more harmful due to its ability to transmit virus. The use of resistant variety is one sensible strategy to control this pest attack. Thirty chili accessions were evaluated for resistance by counting of the number of pest, recording leaf damage and observing accessions morphological characters. The evaluation was conducted in the Research Field Station of Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute, Lembang, West Java from March to July 2020. Ten of the 30 accessions had low leaf damage and were considered to be used as female parents in breeding program of resistant chili against Thrips sp.