Claim · model-written summary
Root damage ratings from western corn rootworm were not affected by nitrogen timing.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse3 - Treatment
- N timinge1
- Interactor
- western corn rootworm
Diabrotica virgifera virgiferae2pest - Outcome
- root damage ratingse1
- Direction
- not affectede1
- Setting
- Field experimentse4
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Verbatim
e1“Root damage ratings were not affected by the planting date, N timing, or the tillage system”
e2“The western corn rootworm (WCR)”
e3“has become a serious pest of continuous corn ( Zea mays L.)”
e4“Field experiments were conducted in 1991, 1992, and 1993”
Title
Tillage, Nitrogen Timing, and Planting Date Effects on Western Corn Rootworm Injury to Corn
Gregory W. Roth; Dennis D. Calvin; Susan M. Lueloff Agronomy Journal 1995. doi:10.2134/agronj1995.00021962008700020009x
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Root damage ratings from western corn rootworm were not affected by planting date.
- Intervention effect Root damage ratings from western corn rootworm were not affected by tillage system.
- Intervention effect Insecticide reduced root damage from the western corn rootworm in corn, with a large and consistent effect.
- Intervention effect Late planting reduced corn root size.
- Recommendation Reduced tillage, N sidedressing and early planting can be included in an integrated pest management program without risk of increasing root damage from the western corn rootworm.