Claim · model-written summary
In the rainy first year, the reduced leaf area index did not significantly affect switchgrass yield.
- Taxon
- switchgrass
Panicum virgatume0 - Organ / stage
- leaf area index (LAI)e0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- did not result in a significant effecte0
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Verbatim
e0“a significant reduction in leaf area index (LAI) did not result in a significant effect on switchgrass yield”
Title
Fatima Mustafa Lincoln (University of Nebraska) 2013
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- Intervention effect Up to 80% simulated insect defoliation had no significant effect on switchgrass yield under suitable weather.
- Observation In the rainy first year, leaf area index was significantly reduced.
- Intervention effect Drought in the following year significantly reduced switchgrass yield.
- Intervention effect Drought in the following year reduced leaf area index and percent light interception.
- Intervention effect Patterns of tissue removal did not significantly differ in photosynthetic response in Kanlow.
- Intervention effect Double edge cutting significantly reduced photosynthetic rates in Shawnee in 2011.
- Association Photosynthetic rates in Kanlow significantly decreased over time in both years.
- Observation Photosynthetic rates differed significantly between years before treatment.
- Mechanism Water stress in the second year was proposed as the reason for the pretreatment photosynthetic difference.
- Observation Third-instar M. femurrubrum consumed the most switchgrass leaf area per body weight per day.
- Observation Adult and fifth-instar grasshoppers had the maximum weight gain after feeding.
- Recommendation The authors recommend controlling grasshoppers at early stages to avoid potential economic losses.