The present study is dedicated to the analysis of dynamical processes relevant to the interaction of newborn ions with turbulence in the solar wind, when the level of turbulence is moderately low so that quasi-linear theory is applicable. It is assumed that the low-frequency turbulence is at saturation level and not affected by the newborn ions. In order to follow the time evolution of the ion distribution, the quasi-linear diffusion equation is derived and numerically solved, starting from a ring-beam initial distribution. A simplified treatment of the resonance broadening effect is included in the diffusion equation, and its role in the pickup process is discussed. Two different configurations of wave polarization and direction of propagation are considered, using model turbulence spectra. The conditions that lead either to the formation of anisotropic shells as a long-duration transient state or to rapid isotropization of the ion pitch angle distribution are discussed, as well as the conditions leading to significant acceleration of the ions. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990