Associationmodel-written summary

Higher initial proportions of P. truncatus led to significantly greater maize damage than equal or higher S. zeamais proportions.

A claim from Dynamics of infestation and losses of stored maize due to the larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatusHorn) and maize weevils (Sitophilus zeamaisMotschulsky) · 2010

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher initial proportions of P. truncatus led to significantly greater maize damage than equal or higher S. zeamais proportions.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse0
Interactor
P. truncatusProstephanus truncatuse0pest
Second interactor
S. zeamaisSitophilus zeamaise0pest
Outcome
maize damagee0
Direction
highere0
Comparator
equal or higher proportions of S. zeamaise0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Prostephanus truncatus
Prostephanus truncatus · InteractorSarah McCaffrey, Museum Victoria · CC BY 3.0 au · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Sitophilus zeamais
Sitophilus zeamais · Second interactorThis image was released by the Agricultural Research Service , the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture , with the ID k3980-17 (next) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“A higher proportion of P. truncatus in the initial infestation population led to significantly higher (≤0.05) maize damage compared to equal or higher proportions of S. zeamais”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 449–625

Title

Dynamics of infestation and losses of stored maize due to the larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatusHorn) and maize weevils (Sitophilus zeamaisMotschulsky)

Rhodes H. Makundi; Ntuli N. Swila; Robert N. Misangu; et al. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 2010. doi:10.1080/03235400802425804

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