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Vicia faba L. (Broad Bean)

Suggested Literature

Vicia faba may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Vicia faba:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is swollen by Myzus persicae - Peach-potato Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
Photos is foodplant of imago Sitona lineatus - Pea & Bean Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona macularius - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997 [a minor pest]
is foodplant of perithecium Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos is parasitised by Erysiphe pisi var. pisi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
has sap sucked by Acyrtosiphum pisum - The Pea Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989 [fall from the plant if disturbed]
has sap sucked by Aphis craccivora - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
has sap sucked by Aulacorthum solani - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
may have apothecium Sclerotinia trifoliorum var. fabae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
flower flower may contain larva Apion vorax - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf (curled) curled leaf is swollen by hypophyllous, densely clustered Aphis fabae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Major Rotheray, G.E., 1989
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis fabae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Chocolate-spot Disease". Causes reddish or chocolate brown spots, which may coalesce and cause a damaging black blight]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, but mostly epiphyllous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora zonata - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown or grey, often zonate spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella fabae - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes slightly sunken, pale brown spots up to 1cm diam., with thick dark brown borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis fabae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Chocolate-spot Disease". Causes reddish or chocolate brown spots, which may coalesce and cause a damaging black blight]
leaf leaf is galled by Megoura viciae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza congesta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [short linear mine with frass in minute grains on each side of central green band]
leaflet (yellowed) yellowed leaflet is parasitised by hypophyllous Peronospora viciae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
plant (live) live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium Sclerotinia trifoliorum var. fabae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pod (live) live pod is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella fabae - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes slightly sunken, pale brown spots up to 1cm diam., with thick dark brown borders]
seed seed may contain larva Bruchus pisorum - Pea Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007a
seed seed may contain larva Zabrotes subfasciatus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
seed seed may house pupa Zabrotes subfasciatus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by Peronospora viciae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella fabae - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes slightly sunken, pale brown spots up to 1cm diam., with thick dark brown borders]
stem stem is foodplant of Lixus angustatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
stem stem has sap sucked by densely clustered Aphis fabae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Major Rotheray, G.E., 1989

Vicia faba may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Vicia
(vetches)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 Aphid Predators
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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