Claim · model-written summary
Straw mulch did not affect overall onion yield.
- Taxon
- onions
Allium cepae0 - Treatment
- straw mulch treatmente0
- Outcome
- overall yield of onionse0
- Direction
- not affectede0
- Setting
- fielde0
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Verbatim
e0“In the field the overall yield of onions was not affected by the straw mulch treatment”
Title
Impact of Straw Mulch on Populations of Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Onion
E. Larentzaki; J. Plate; B. A. Nault; et al. Journal of Economic Entomology 2008. doi:10.1093/jee/101.4.1317
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Straw mulch lowered T. tabaci populations versus controls in onion plots without insecticides.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch delayed reaching the one or three larvae per leaf action thresholds by 7 to 14 days in both years.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch did not increase ground predatory fauna in 2006.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch significantly lowered populations of predatory Aeolothrips fasciatus in both years.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch reduced T. tabaci emergence in the laboratory by 54% versus bare soil.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch increased jumbo grade onions in 2006.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch did not increase jumbo grade onions in 2007.
- Recommendation The authors consider straw mulch promising for onion integrated pest management.