(Sharma, 1984). Development and reproduction of Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) on four legume plant seeds Yongxue Deng, Longvhu LI and Zhimo Zhao' Ab,/i'Uc/ Effects of commercially grown legume plant seeds on the development, sun ivorslup , and reproduction of the Chmese cowpea weevil, Cal/u'obllu:lw., clunetiu-: were studied in Callosobruchus chinensis L. is primary and most destructive pest of stored pulses. Biology of pulse beetle was studied during 2014-15 in the laboratory of College of Agriculture Science Vijayapura, University of Agricultural Sciences, The adzuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a primary pest of stored chickpeas ().Adults attach eggs to the surface of the pulse, and larvae develop concealed inside the pulse. The biology of Callosobruchus chinensis was studied in the laboratory of Department of Entomology, S.V.P. Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) is a major stored pest of pulses in India. C. chinensis can build significant populations within a short period of time (Islam and Kabir, 1995) and can inflict serious damage on chickpeas, including … The study on biology of C. chinensis on chickpea indicated 5.04 ± 0.69 days incubation period, while larval + pupal period was 25.26 ± 3.95 days. Biology of pulse beetle was studied in 2010-11 in the soil science laboratory of KVK, Balasore. A. Padmasri 1, B.Anil Kumar 2, J.Auna Kumari 3 and C.S rinivas 4. The fecundity of female, egg period (days), larval-pupal 1. Twenty-five pairs of one-day-old adults were released for egg laying in a plastic container containing 100 … Abstract: Pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) is a stored grain pest of pulses in India. Management of pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L. in . redgram by modified atmosphere . Hence, the study of biology of Callosobruchus chinensis (Linnaeus) was undertaken during August-September 2017. Callosobruchus chinensis (Linnaeus) is one of the most destructive pests of leguminous seeds. In The incubation period of the eggs under laboratory conditions ranged from 4 to 6 days with a mean of 4.6 ± 0.70 days. The larvae bore into the pulse grains and feed inside causing reduction in germination and commercial value (Booker, 1967). Genetic differentiation and diversity analysis of 345 C. chinensis individuals from 23 geographic populations using 20 polymorphic simple sequence repeats revealed a total of 149 alleles with an average of 7.45 alleles per locus. The average Shannon's information index was 1.015. The total development period occupied 26 to 40 days with a mean of 30.90 ± 4.28 days. Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) is the major one among these causing enormous losses to almost all kinds of pulses like chickpea, lentil, black gram, cowpea, pigeon pea, mung bean, grass pea, garden pea, etc. Introduction. Pulse beetle causes not only quantitative but also qualitative losses like nutritive loss and germination loss. University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut.