Claim · model-written summary
High sulphur fertilization lowered Tuta absoluta larval mortality.
- Taxon
- tomato plants
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- high sulphur fertilization levele0
- Interactor
- Tuta absoluta
Tuta absolutae1pest - Outcome
- Larval mortalitye0
- Direction
- lowere0
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Verbatim
e0“Larval mortality was lower in tomato plants fertilized with high sulphur fertilization level.”
e1“Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a main pest of tomato crops”
Title
Renan B. Queiroz; Mayara C. Lopes; Thiago L. Costa; et al. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2022. doi:10.1111/afe.12489
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Calcium fertilization did not affect mines per tomato leaf.
- Intervention effect Sulphur fertilization did not affect mines per tomato leaf.
- Intervention effect Potassium fertilization did not affect mines per tomato leaf.
- Intervention effect Low nitrogen input increased tomato crop damage by Tuta absoluta.
- Intervention effect Nutritionally unbalanced tomato plants improved Tuta absoluta biological performance relative to balanced plants.