Claim · model-written summary
Momordica charantia leaf powder reduced stored seed weight loss.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- Leaf powder of Momordica charantiae0
- Outcome
- weight loss of stored seedse0
- Direction
- effective againste0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cowpea”
e0“Leaf powder of Momordica charantia was effective against weight loss of stored seeds”
Title
Field trials with plant products to protect stored cowpea against insect damage
Sara J Boeke; Dansou K Kossou; Arnold Van Huis; et al. International Journal of Pest Management 2004. doi:10.1080/09670870310001619282
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Plant product treatments did not prevent stored cowpea damage.
- Intervention effect Oil treatment reduced the number of beans with beetle emergence holes.
- Intervention effect Oil-treated stored cowpea had a higher percentage of uninfested beans and higher one-litre bean weight than untreated beans.
- Intervention effect Ocimum basilicum oil gave the highest germination percentage of stored cowpea.
- Intervention effect Ficus exasperata leaf powder decreased infestation percentage and emerged beetles.
- Intervention effect Ficus exasperata treatment yielded more parasitoid emergence than untreated beans.
- Intervention effect Laboratory tests found no oil effect on beetle development or bean germination.