Claim · model-written summary
Ficus extract application reduced leaf, flower, and fruit numbers.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Ficus religiosa extracte0
- Outcome
- number of leaves, flowers and fruitse0
- Direction
- lesse0
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Verbatim
e0“The number of leaves, flowers and fruits was less in plant with applied Ficus religiosa extract like synthetic insecticide”
t0“tomato”
Title
Victor Koda; Jean Paul Bayang; Alain Félix Wassouo; et al. NFS Journal 2025. doi:10.1016/j.nfs.2025.100249
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Ficus extract bioactive flavonoids and tannins differed by solvent.
- Intervention effect Ficus extract gave the highest rainy season yield of 72%.
- Intervention effect Ficus extract treated tomato had 4.4 and 4.9 gEG/100 g carbohydrates in rainy and dry seasons.
- Observation Untreated fruit had lower carbohydrate content of 3.4 and 2.7 gEG/100 g.
- Intervention effect Synthetic insecticide treated tomatoes had higher fruit protein than Ficus extract treated tomatoes.
- Observation Lycopene was the most abundant carotenoid in tomato fruit regardless of treatment.
- Intervention effect Dry season polyphenols ranged from 55 mgGaE/100 g untreated to 190 mgGaE/100 g with chemical treatment.
- Intervention effect Rainy season Ficus extract fruit had the highest polyphenols at 274 mgGaE/100 g.
- Intervention effect Ficus treated fruit showed low DPPH antioxidant activity of 109 and 140 mgET/100 g.
- Intervention effect Ficus treated fruit showed low FRAP antioxidant activity of 271 and 379 mgET/100 g.
- Recommendation The authors recommend Ficus extract as an alternative for tomato pest and disease control.