Claim · model-written summary
Parasitism of the weevil was significantly higher in M. sylvestris than in M. domestica.
- Taxon
- M. sylvestris
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Malus sylvestrise0 - Interactor
- A. pomorum
Anthonomus pomorume0pest - Second interactor
- parasitoid speciese0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- Parasitism of A. pomorume0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- M. domesticae0
Verbatim
e0“Parasitism of A. pomorum by different parasitoid species was significantly higher in M. sylvestris than in M. domestica”
Title
A. K. Knuff; E. Obermaier; K. Mody Journal of Applied Entomology 2016. doi:10.1111/jen.12341
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Weevil infestation differed significantly among apples, lowest in M. domestica and highest in M. kirghisorum.
- Observation Weevils emerging from M. sylvestris were significantly lighter than those from M. kirghisorum.
- Association Infestation was positively related to bud nitrogen content and bark roughness.
- Association Weevil size was positively related to nitrogen content and bud size.
- Association Parasitism was positively related to tree height and bud density.
- Observation The authors infer that direct resistance is higher in cultivated apple.
- Observation The authors infer that indirect resistance via parasitoids is higher in wild apple trees.
- Recommendation The authors suggest combining resistance traits from wild and cultivated apples for commercial cultivars.