Claim · model-written summary
The tested zeolite types and formulations had no real insecticidal activity against Tuta eggs.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- zeolites BEA (Beta polymorph A), FAU (Faujasite), LTA (Linde type A), and their formulationse0
- Interactor
- T. absoluta
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Tuta absolutae0pest - Outcome
- insecticidal activity against the eggs of T. absolutae0
- Direction
- no reale0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“zeolites BEA (Beta polymorph A), FAU (Faujasite), LTA (Linde type A), and their formulations, had no real insecticidal activity against the eggs of T. absoluta”
e1“The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a key tomato insect pest”
Title
Insecticide Effect of Zeolites on the Tomato Leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Caroline De Smedt; Veerle Van Damme; Patrick De Clercq; et al. Insects 2016. doi:10.3390/insects7040072
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- Intervention effect Formulated zeolites generally produced higher egg and larval mortality, especially with residual application.
- Intervention effect Kaolin had little or no effect on the pest under either application method.
- Intervention effect Surround had little or no effect under either application method.
- Intervention effect Topical spinosad reduced hatch rate by 95%.
- Intervention effect Spinosad caused 100% egg and larval mortality under both application methods.
- Intervention effect Wettable powder formulations increased adult oviposition.
- Intervention effect Surround induced a negative oviposition response.
- Intervention effect Spinosad induced a negative oviposition response.
- Intervention effect Egg exposure to zeolites appeared to weaken first-instar larvae and increase their mortality.
- Intervention effect The choice test found no significant difference in egg numbers on treated and control leaves.