Claim · model-written summary
Only the gel formulation decreased caterpillar infestation by about 50%.
- Treatment
- gel formulatione0
- Interactor
- fall armyworm
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Spodoptera frugiperdae3pest - Outcome
- caterpillar infestatione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- about 50%e0
- Comparator
- untreated plotse1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“only the gel formulation decreased caterpillar infestation by about 50%”
e1“compared with untreated plots”
e2“maize fields”
e3“fall armyworm (FAW)”
Title
Patrick Fallet; Didace Bazagwira; Livio Ruzzante; et al. PNAS Nexus 2024. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae122
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect The nematode gel reduced maize leaf damage.
- Intervention effect The liquid nematode formulation reduced maize leaf damage.
- Intervention effect Cypermethrin reduced maize leaf damage.
- Intervention effect The gel formulation added one ton of maize per hectare over untreated plots.
- Observation The season-long nematode doses were at least threefold lower than normal belowground-pest application.
- Recommendation The authors conclude precisely formulated nematodes can provide affordable, sustainable armyworm control.