Claim · model-written summary
Z. cucurbitae dominated infestation across three cucurbit crops in both zones.
- Taxon
- cucurbit cropse0
- Interactor
- Z. cucurbitae
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Zeugodacus cucurbitaee0pest - Outcome
- percent and degree of infestatione0
- Direction
- dominante0
- Setting
- Morogoro regione0
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Verbatim
e0“Z. cucurbitae was the dominant pest in terms of percent and degree of infestation among the three cucurbit crops at both agroecological zones in the Morogoro region.”
Title
Fruit fly infestation of cucurbitaceous vegetables in Morogoro—Eastern Central Tanzania
Petronila Tarimo; Sija Kabota; Ramadhan Majubwa; et al. PLoS ONE 2025. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322277
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Five fruit fly species infested 418 samples of cucurbit crops.
- Observation More fruit flies emerged from the mountainous zone than the plateau.
- Observation Zeugodacus cucurbitae accounted for most emerged flies.
- Observation Cucumis sativus was the most heavily infested host.
- Observation Cucurbit moschata was less infested than Cucumis sativus and more than Citrullus lanatus.
- Association Fruit fly species by host species significantly affected percent and degree of infestation.
- Association Fruit fly species by agroecological zone significantly affected percent and degree of infestation.
- Association Host species by agroecological zone significantly affected percent infestation.
- Recommendation Management of cucurbit fruit flies should focus on Z. cucurbitae.