Claim · model-written summary
proportion of harvested heads with a diameter of at least 10 cm decreased as defoliation increased.
- Taxon
- Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytist0 - Treatment
- level of defoliatione0
- Outcome
- proportion of harvested heads with a diameter of at least 10 cme0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf area at harvest, head weight, and proportion of harvested heads with a diameter of at least 10 cm decreased as the level of defoliation increased.”
t0“Cauliflower”
Title
Response of Two Cultivars of Cauliflower to Simulated Insect Defoliation
Jeff G. Stewart; Kenneth B. McRae; Mark K. Sears Journal of Economic Entomology 1990. doi:10.1093/jee/83.4.1499
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association Leaf area at harvest decreased as defoliation increased.
- Association head weight decreased as defoliation increased.
- Intervention effect Defoliation in Periods 2 and 3 affected cauliflower more seriously than in Period 1.
- Association More cabbage looper equivalents were needed for a 1% head-weight reduction in Period 1 than in Periods 2 or 3.