Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides

This work was conducted to study and explain the infestation levels of common bean, cowpea and soybean cultivars by Etiella zinckenella larvae through analysis of seed protein of tested cultivars of common bean, cowpea and soybean by Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS-PAGE). The study aimed to explore the level of genetic variation among the populations of E. zinckenella by RAPD markers and The RAPD-PCR fingerprints of Ephestia kuhniella, Galleria mellonella and Achroia grisella. The dendrogram illustrated that, the ten populations of E. zinckenella male and dual sex of E. zinckenella, E. kuhniella, G. mellonella and A. grisella, were divided into two main groups. The ancestor of E. zinckenella male (the linkage distance is at 17) collected from Giza is the source of all collected populations

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