Claim · model-written summary
Pest occurrence, incidence and severity varied across both crops.
- Taxon
- cabbage and onions
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Allium cepat0 - Outcome
- occurrence, incidence and severity of the various pest speciese0
- Direction
- varied considerablye0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
e0“The occurrence, incidence and severity of the various pest species on both crops varied considerably”
t0“cabbage and onions”
Title
Occurrence and management of two emerging soil-dwelling pests ravaging cabbage and onions in Kenya
Lawrence O. Ouma; James W. Muthomi; John W. Kimenju; et al. Scientific Reports 2023. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-46190-0
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Cabbage was affected by Delia platura, Maladera sp. and Agriotes sp.
- Observation Onion was affected by Atherigona orientalis and Urophorus humeralis.
- Observation Over 95% of farmers used synthetic insecticides, with limited success.
- Observation A. orientalis was the most devastating onion pest.
- Observation D. platura was the most devastating cabbage pest.
- Recommendation The authors call for sustainable affordable pest management to limit spread.