Zab r otes subfas aia tus Bohemann , 1833and Aaanth os aelides obteatus Say , 1831 (Col., Bruchidae) i njuring eleven stored bean cul tivars in the Sta te of Espírito Santo Bean cultivars stored under natural storage lation to the incidence and injury by bean weevils tus and Acanthoscelides obtectus) we re s t ud ied. conditions in re
(Zabrotes subfasci""ij_The cultivars named ' Costa Rica', ' Mulatinho Paulista ' , 'Preto 120 ', 'Preto 141', ' Preto 143 ', 'Preto 147 ' , 'Pre to 192 ', 'Rico 23 ', ' Seleção Cuva ', 'Linhagem Ve nezuela 350 ', and 'Venezuela 350 ' stored during six months , presented an average up t o 15% of inj ured grains. On the other hand , cultivar 'Rico 23 ' , at the third month of storage alread~ presented 32% of its g rains i nj ure d. ln the sarne cultivar, at the 6t month, t he inju r y was of o rd e r of 61% .At the 9 th month of storage al l t he cultivars had above 50% of their grains injured.At the 12th month of storage 100% of grains in all cultivacs we re comp l e tly injured ; hurnidity increased (from 8% at the begining of the expe riment ) up t o 16% and t he seed s were dead .St atistical significance be t ween groups was at the l eve l of 1%. INTRODUÇÃO O feij ão e um dos princ ipa i s produtos na dieta do povo brasile i r o . As e stima tivas de consumo anual por habi t ant e colocam o Brasil como o maior cons umido r mundial de feijão. Recebido em 30/08/78 . 1 Pesquisadora da EMBRAPA/PESAGRO-Ri o , D. I . C. , M. Sc . , Es t ação Exper imen tal de Itaguaí -Estrada Rio São Paulo , Km 47, 23 . 460 -Seropedica -RJ-;-2Pesquisador da EMBRAPA , atendendo pós-graduaç ão na Universidade Fede ral do Rio Grande do Sul. 3 Engr9 Agr9 M. Sc. , ex-Pesquisador da EMBRAPA .