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Field and laboratory studies were conducted over 4 yr to determine pepper weevil preferences for pepper hosts with different Scoville heat units (SHU): bell (0 SHU), jalape\u00f1o (2,500 to 8,000 SHU), habanero (100,000 to 350,000 SHU), ghost (855,000 to 1,041,427 SHU), and scorpion (1,200,000 to 2,000,000 SHU) peppers. In field trials, jalape\u00f1o had the highest number of weevil-infested fruit, and ghost pepper had the lowest. The number of adult weevils on the foliage was highest in jalape\u00f1o (0.94\u2009\u00b1\u20090.23) and lowest in ghost pepper (0.11\u2009\u00b1\u20090.05). The density of the weevils inside infested fruit was highest on jalape\u00f1o and lowest in scorpion pepper. Laboratory olfactometer tests documented a higher preference of adult weevils for bell and jalape\u00f1o followed by habanero, ghost, and scorpion peppers. Differences in plant height and width among hosts were not correlated with weevil infestation level. Pepper weevil host preference appears inversely related to pepper hotness (SHU), as bell and jalape\u00f1o peppers, the hosts with the lowest SHUs, were the most susceptible to weevil infestation. The greater weevil susceptibility of jalape\u00f1o and bell pepper than other species\/cultivars may be related to the fact that jalape\u00f1o and bell pepper and the weevil co-evolved in Mexico. This study could help in the selection of resistant pepper species for managing pepper weevil.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/ee\/nvaf098","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,3]],"date-time":"2025-09-03T11:48:53Z","timestamp":1756900133000},"page":"1375-1385","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evaluation of pepper cultivars with different heat units on the feeding preference of pepper weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Nagamani","family":"Kanchupati","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS , Homestead, FL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Garima","family":"Garima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS , Homestead, FL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0211-6405","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dakshina","family":"Seal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS , Homestead, FL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9379-0109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bruce","family":"Schaffer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS , Homestead, FL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8827-5823","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oscar","family":"Liburd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Florida-IFAS , Gainesville, FL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121912163951200_nvaf098-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"433","DOI":"10.1111\/afe.12125","article-title":"Effects of pepper (Capsicum chinense) genotypic diversity on insect herbivores","volume":"17","author":"Abdala-Roberts","year":"2015","journal-title":"Agri. 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