Claim · model-written summary
Egg exposure to zeolites appeared to weaken first-instar larvae and increase their mortality.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- egg exposure to zeolitese0
- Interactor
- Tuta absoluta
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Tuta absolutae1pest - Outcome
- first instar larvae and increasing their mortalitye0
- Direction
- increasinge0
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Verbatim
e0“egg exposure to zeolites seemed to affect the development process by weakening the first instar larvae and increasing their mortality”
e1“The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a key tomato insect pest”
Title
Insecticide Effect of Zeolites on the Tomato Leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Caroline De Smedt; Veerle Van Damme; Patrick De Clercq; et al. Insects 2016. doi:10.3390/insects7040072
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Formulated zeolites generally produced higher egg and larval mortality, especially with residual application.
- Intervention effect Kaolin had little or no effect on the pest under either application method.
- Intervention effect Surround had little or no effect under either application method.
- Intervention effect Topical spinosad reduced hatch rate by 95%.
- Intervention effect Spinosad caused 100% egg and larval mortality under both application methods.
- Intervention effect Wettable powder formulations increased adult oviposition.
- Intervention effect Surround induced a negative oviposition response.
- Intervention effect Spinosad induced a negative oviposition response.
- Intervention effect The tested zeolite types and formulations had no real insecticidal activity against Tuta eggs.
- Intervention effect The choice test found no significant difference in egg numbers on treated and control leaves.