Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Early May molluscicide did not prevent juvenile gray garden slugs from becoming numerous in mid-June or corn defoliation similar to controls.

A claim from Tinring of Molluscicide Applications for Reliable Control in N0-Tillage Field Crops · 1996

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Early May molluscicide did not prevent juvenile gray garden slugs from becoming numerous in mid-June or corn defoliation similar to controls.

Treatment
molluscicides applied in early Maye0
Interactor
gray garden slugse0pest
Outcome
defoliation injurye0
Direction
similar toe0
Comparator
control plotse0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

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

Zea mays subsp. mays
Zea mays subsp. mays · TaxonDominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“All 3 sampling procedures indicated that molluscicides applied in early May did not prevent juvenile gray garden slugs from becoming numerous in mid-June and, subsequently, causing defoliation injury similar to that observed in control plots.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1100–1342
e1

“corn, Zea maize L., plots”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 757–782

Title

Tinring of Molluscicide Applications for Reliable Control in N0-Tillage Field Crops

Ronald B. Hammond; Judith A. Smith; Terry Beck Journal of Economic Entomology 1996. doi:10.1093/jee/89.4.1028

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insecticide · crop injury · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

7 papers: 6 positive, 1 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Untreated maize had more field leaf injury than insecticide and botanical treated maize.

    The Efficacy of Selected Synthetic Insecticides and Botanicals against Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, in Maize · 2019 · compared with non-treated control plants

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Insecticide was most effective in reducing maize insect injury.

    Control of Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg and Fumonisins by Using a Combination of Crop Protection Products and Fertilization · 2018

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Fall armyworm egg masses, larvae and leaf injury severity were significantly lower on pesticide-sprayed maize plots than on pesticide-free plots.

    Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates and Pesticides Interaction Effect on Maize and Fall Armyworm Performance in Northern Ghana · 2023 · compared with Pesticide-free plot

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Every insecticide rate reduced root injury.

    Effects of Manure, Hybrid Root Strength, and Reduced Rates of Insecticide on Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Injury to Corn · 2002

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    The insecticides caused no crop phytotoxicity symptoms.

    Evaluation of insecticide, flubendiamide 20 %WG (Takumi) against maize fall army worm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), its effect on the natural enemies and phytotoxicity to the crop · 2025

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Methomyl was selectively phytotoxic to sweet corn hybrids and inbreds with Texas male sterile cytoplasm.

    Methomyl Insecticide Selective Phytotoxicity on Sweet Corn Hybrids and Inbreds Having the Texas Male Sterile Cytoplasm1 · 1977

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.