Claim · model-written summary
Orius tantillus activity peaked after sunrise and before sunset.
- Taxon
- sorghum and pigeonpea
Cajanus cajan
Sorghume1 - Interactor
- O. tantillusOrius tantilluse0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- two diurnal peaks of activitye0
Verbatim
e0“O. tantillus had two diurnal peaks of activity, after sunrise and before sunset”
e1“sorghum and pigeonpea”
Title
Cage experiments on Orius tantillus predation of Helicoverpa armigera
L. Sigsgaard; P. Esbjerg Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 1997. doi:10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00145.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Adult Orius tantillus occurred in cages with Helicoverpa eggs and larvae on sorghum.
- Observation Adult Orius tantillus occurred in cages with Helicoverpa eggs and larvae on pigeonpea.
- Observation Orius tantillus preyed on first-instar Helicoverpa larvae in cages, but eggs were not observed as prey.
- Observation An immunoassay detected Orius predation on Helicoverpa eggs under some conditions in sorghum.
- Observation Orius activity on sorghum was higher on flowers than elsewhere.
- Observation Orius flower activity was not higher on pigeonpea than elsewhere.
- Observation Orius tantillus was a more efficient predator on sorghum than pigeonpea.
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Helicoverpa armigera