Claim · model-written summary
O. albidipennis release produced a 31.36% pepper yield increase in the second season.
- Taxon
- pepper cropst0
- Treatment
- O. albidipennise1
- Interactor
- O. albidipennisOrius albidipennise1biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 31.36%e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Verbatim
t0“pepper crops”
e0“it resulted in a 31.36% yield increase”
e1“released insect predator, O. albidipennis”
Title
S. A. El Arnaouty; Mona N. Kortam; Amal I. Afifi; et al. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2018. doi:10.1186/s41938-018-0045-0
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect A. swirskii successfully controlled T. urticae on sweet pepper.
- Intervention effect O. albidipennis successfully controlled T. urticae on sweet pepper.
- Intervention effect A. swirskii release increased pepper yield by 26% compared with control.
- Intervention effect O. albidipennis release increased pepper yield by 24% compared with control.
- Intervention effect In the second season, O. albidipennis gave the lowest remaining T. urticae density, 2.9 mites/leaf, compared with 20.13 mites/leaf under chemical control.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that O. albidipennis release could reduce chemical applications for pepper pest control.