Claim · model-written summary
Mined leaflets abscised an average of 12.9 days after the larva emerged to pupate
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Interactor
- Agromyza frontella
Agromyza frontellae1pest - Outcome
- abscisede1
- Value
- 12.9 dayse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer”
e1“Leaflets mined by a single larva of Agromyza frontella (Rondani) in third-cutting alfalfa abscised an average of 12.9 days after the larva emerged from the leaflet to pupate in the soil”
Title
Leaflet Abscission Caused by Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
R. M. Hendrickson; R. J. Dysart Journal of Economic Entomology 1983. doi:10.1093/jee/76.5.1075
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation No leaflets remained on the alfalfa plant at harvest 29 days after the larva emerged
- Observation Nearly one-half of unmined control leaflets remained on the plant at harvest
- Association Control leaflets that abscised did so an average of 4 days later than mined leaflets
- Association Abscission of mined leaflets was detectable in first- and second-cutting alfalfa only if harvest was delayed at least 10 days
- Intervention effect Harvest at full-bud stage minimized the number of leafminer larvae that matured to pupate in the soil
- Intervention effect Late harvest maximized the number of leafminer larvae that matured to pupate in the soil
- Recommendation Cultural methods can help reduce leafminer populations in alfalfa