Claim · model-written summary
Growers eliminated psylla by spraying adults with commercial nicotine preparations.
- Taxon
- Pear
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Pyrus communist0 - Treatment
- commercial nicotine preparationse0
- Outcome
- freed their orchards of the peste0
PsyllaNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“growers freed their orchards of the pest by spraying for the “flies” with miscible oils, home-made emulsions or commercial nicotine preparations”
t0“Pear Psylla”
Title
The Susceptibility of Adults and Eggs of Pear Psylla to Spraying Mixtures
P. J. Parrott; H. E. Hodgkiss Journal of Economic Entomology 1912. doi:10.1093/jee/5.2.193a
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Association Pear psylla adult emergence, egg laying and larval migration occurred at distinct times aligned with pear bud, blossom cluster and bloom events.
- Observation Pear psylla at each life stage was sensitive to particular spraying mixtures.
- Intervention effect A single spray treatment appeared capable of protecting orchards by killing adults, eggs or nymphs.
- Intervention effect Growers eliminated psylla by spraying adults with miscible oils.
- Intervention effect Growers eliminated psylla by spraying adults with home-made emulsions.
- Observation Most orchardists applied winter strength limesulphur after adult spraying to destroy eggs.
- Observation Few plantings needed a third nicotine spray against young nymphs.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that knowledge of insect stages, seasonal activity and thorough spraying are key to psylla control.