Claim · model-written summary
Early infestation by Amphicallia pactolicus may allow more generations and cause significant biomass yield loss in Crotalaria.
- Taxon
- Crotalaria
Crotalariae0 - Treatment
- Early infestatione7
- Interactor
- A. pactolicuse7herbivore
- Outcome
- biomass yield losse7
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Crotalaria grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) (Leguminosae) is an exotic shrub widely used as a short-rotation cover crop or planted fallow in eastern and southern Africa”
e7“Early infestation allows more generations of A. pactolicus to develop and has the potential to cause a significant biomass yield loss”
Title
H. Girma; M. R. Rao; Roger Day; et al. African Entomology 2006
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Larvae of Amphicallia pactolicus fed on Crotalaria flowers and pods gained body mass faster than those fed on leaves.
- Intervention effect Larvae of Amphicallia pactolicus fed on Crotalaria flowers and pods had shorter larval duration than those fed on leaves.
- Observation Larvae rejected Crotalaria incana (C. incana) among the eight Crotalaria species tested.
- Observation A significant proportion of food ingested by Amphicallia pactolicus larvae was recycled back to the soil as droppings.
- Observation Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentrations of Amphicallia pactolicus faeces were similar to those of the plant material ingested.
- Observation Reproductive tissues of Crotalaria plants are the most affected by the defoliator.
- Observation Larval stage of Amphicallia pactolicus on Crotalaria passed through six instars.