Claim · model-written summary
The combined rots caused 69% numerical loss of potential yield.
- Taxon
- onion
Allium cepat0 - Outcome
- loss of potential yielde0
- Value
- 69%e0
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Verbatim
e0“overall numerical loss of potential yield of 69%”
t0“onion”
Title
Chemical Control of Basal Rot of Onion in Zambia
D. M. Naik; O. J. Burden Tropical Pest Management 1981. doi:10.1080/09670878109413826
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Root and basal rots reduced establishment to 44%.
- Observation Basal rot affected 30% of harvested bulbs.
- Mechanism Fusarium oxysporum in sets contributed to poor establishment.
- Observation Seedlings grown for sets had 80 to 90% infection across three virgin-soil sites.
- Observation Mean establishment in two field trials was 47%.
- Intervention effect Granosan 200 dust increased establishment by 28%.
- Intervention effect Granosan 200 dust reduced basal rot by 77%.
- Intervention effect Granosan 200 dust increased yield by 106%.
- Intervention effect Benomyl decreased basal rot and increased yields.
- Intervention effect Benomyl increased yields.
- Intervention effect Captan treatment was ineffective.
- Intervention effect Thiram treatment was ineffective.
- Intervention effect After six weeks storage, controls lost 94% of bulbs versus 45% with benomyl plus mancozeb.
- Intervention effect A 100 μ/ml benomyl dip for 15 min reduced basal rot by 65%.
- Intervention effect A 100 μ/ml benomyl dip for 15 min increased yield by 54%.