Claim · model-written summary
Diazinon and oxamyl were the least effective soil insecticides for controlling wireworms on sweet potatoes.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potatoes
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Treatment
- diazinon and oxamyle0
- Interactor
- Conoderus vespertinuse0pest
- Second interactor
- Melanotus spp.e0pest
- Outcome
- control of wirewormse0
- Direction
- least effectivee0
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Verbatim
t0“Insecticides Applied to the Soil for Control of Wireworms on Sweet Potatoes in Maryland12”
e0“Soil applications of fonofos, diazinon, ethoprop, disulfoton, aldicarb, carbofuran, oxamyl, and chlorpyrifos to sweet potatoes for control of wireworms, Conoderus vespertinus (F.) and a Melanotus spp. showed diazinon and oxamyl to be the least effective”
Title
Insecticides Applied to the Soil for Control of Wireworms on Sweet Potatoes in Maryland12
James J. Linduska Journal of Economic Entomology 1979. doi:10.1093/jee/72.1.24
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Preplant insecticide treatments gave more effective wireworm control than postplant treatments on sweet potatoes.
- Intervention effect Broadcast and band soil treatments did not differ significantly in wireworm control on sweet potatoes.
- Intervention effect Postplant insecticide treatments gave commercially unacceptable wireworm control on sweet potatoes.
- Intervention effect Diazinon and oxamyl treatments gave commercially unacceptable wireworm control on sweet potatoes.