Claim · model-written summary
French marigold strengthened association between lady beetle and aphid counts.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- French marigolde0
- Interactor
- A. citricola
Aphis fabaee0pest - Second interactor
- H. axyridis
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Harmonia axyridise0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- association between H. axyridis and A. citricola numberse0
- Direction
- strengthenede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“the association between H. axyridis and A. citricola numbers was strengthened when the intercropping included French marigold”
e1“apple trees Malus spp.”
Title
Beizhou Song; Yinping Liang; Sizhou Liu; et al. Florida Entomologist 2017. doi:10.1653/024.100.0202
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Aromatic intercropping reduced aphid abundance in apple orchards.
- Intervention effect Aromatic intercropping increased lady beetle abundance.
- Observation French marigold repelled aphids.
- Observation Catnip repelled aphids.
- Observation French marigold most attracted lady beetles.
- Observation Dlimonene and terpinolene were abundant volatiles of marigold and catnip.
- Observation 2-ethyl-1-hexanol was among the most abundant volatiles of marigold and catnip.
- Intervention effect D-limonene at 12.5 L/L significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect Terpinolene at 50 L/L significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect A 25 L/L mixture significantly attracted lady beetles.
- Intervention effect Higher D-limonene concentrations repelled lady beetles.
- Mechanism Authors suggest aromatic plants increase apple resistance to aphids through repulsion and lady beetle attraction.