Claim · model-written summary
Curculio (Anthonomus spp.) and other factors damage 0 to 21% of the abscised fruit.
- Taxon
- Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier alnifoliat0 - Interactor
- Anthonomus spp.
Anthonomuse0pest - Outcome
- damagede0
- Value
- 0 to 21%e0
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Verbatim
t0“Magnitude, timing, and causes of immature fruit loss in Amelanchier alnifolia”
e0“From 0 to 21% [Formula: see text] were damaged by other factors including a curculio (Anthonomus spp.) and unidentified insects and fungi”
Title
Magnitude, timing, and causes of immature fruit loss in Amelanchier alnifolia (Rosaceae)
R. G. St. Pierre Canadian Journal of Botany 1989. doi:10.1139/b89-097
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Fruit loss in Amelanchier alnifolia is consistently large, with a mean of 81% of the potential fruit lost.
- Observation Mature fruit to flower ratios in Amelanchier alnifolia vary from 0.02 to 0.46.
- Observation The number of fruit per infructescence decreases consistently and significantly within each season.
- Observation The period of fruit decrease starts shortly after anthesis, is complete by mid-June, and lasts 9 to 34 days.
- Observation Fruit growth is only 16% complete by the end of the period of fruit loss.
- Observation Of the abscised fruit, a mean of 81% are damaged.
- Observation Sawfly (Hoplocampa montanicola) damages 2–90% of the abscised fruit.
- Observation Frost damages 0–68% of the abscised fruit.
- Observation The cause of 19% of the total fruit loss is undetermined.