Claim · model-written summary
Mixed cropping showed signs of reduced Sitona weevil notching of beans.
- Taxon
- beanse0
- Treatment
- mixed croppinge0
- Interactor
- Sitona spp. weevilse0pest
- Outcome
- rate of notching by Sitona spp. weevilse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“There were signs of a reduced incidence, but not of a reduced average colony size, of Aphis fabae, and of a reduced rate of notching by Sitona spp. weevils on beans in mixed cropping.”
Title
Juha Helenius; Päivi Ronni Agricultural and Food Science 1989. doi:10.23986/afsci.72348
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Association Intercropping advantaged bean yield in the first season.
- Association Intercropping disadvantaged oat yield in the first season.
- Intervention effect Insecticide did not change crop performance in the first season.
- Observation Without aphid control, mixed cropping offered neither crop a yield advantage in season two.
- Intervention effect Aphid spraying improved oat performance, particularly at one-third oats.
- Intervention effect Aphid spraying showed a possible reduction in bean relative performance.
- Association Oat panicle number increased in mixtures.
- Association Bean seed weight increased in mixtures.
- Intervention effect Mixed cropping increased aphid numbers on oats.
- Intervention effect Mixed cropping showed signs of reducing Aphis fabae incidence on beans.
- Intervention effect Mixed cropping did not reduce Aphis fabae colony size.
- Observation Frit fly damage results were inconclusive.