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Consumption of pea (Pisum sativum L.) protein-treated wheat flour by the red flour beetleTribolium castaneum (Herbst.), the rice weevilSitophilus oryzae (L.) and the lesser grain borerRhyzopertha dominica (F.), was significantly reduced compared with wheat flour alone. Consumption was affected when the insects were exposed for 3 days to flour disks containing protein-rich fraction of the ‘Bonneville’ pea variety. Antifeedants present in the pea protein fraction are apparently responsible for the reduced feeding response in these species.
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Pretheep-Kumar, P., Mohan, S. Reduced consumption of pea protein-treated flour disks by stored-product insects. Phytoparasitica 32, 313–316 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979826
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