Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend long-term field observations and manipulative experiments to validate the prediction.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae1 - Outcome
- Long-term field observations and rigorous field experimentse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Long-term field observations and rigorous field experiments that simultaneously manipulate T. aripo and N. tanajoae abundance and prevalence are needed to validate the prediction of this study.”
e1“cassava green mite (CGM) Mononychellus tanajoa”
Title
Bonaventure Vidjannagni Agboton; Rachid Hanna; Alexis Onzo; et al. Experimental and Applied Acarology 2012. doi:10.1007/s10493-012-9630-1
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect T. aripo alone significantly reduced cassava green mite density.
- Intervention effect N. tanajoae alone significantly reduced cassava green mite density.
- Observation The predator effect was measurable sooner than the pathogen effect.
- Intervention effect Combined release suppressed cassava green mite considerably less than T. aripo alone.
- Intervention effect Combined release suppressed cassava green mite slightly less than N. tanajoae alone.
- Intervention effect Combined treatment reduced T. aripo abundance.
- Intervention effect Combined treatment reduced N. tanajoae abundance or prevalence.
- Observation T. aripo fed more on infected than healthy cassava green mites.
- Intervention effect T. aripo oviposition decreased when it fed on infected rather than healthy mites.
- Intervention effect T. aripo survival decreased when it fed on infected rather than healthy mites.
- Mechanism The authors infer that negative interactions between the two enemies harm mite biological control.