Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend botanicals to control stored-maize seed pests.
- Outcome
- botanicals are recommended for use by seed producers and farmerse0
- Qualifier
- to control P. truncatus and S. zeamaise0
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Verbatim
e0“The botanicals are recommended for use by seed producers and farmers to control P. truncatus and S. zeamais in stored maize seeds.”
t0“maize”
Title
Samuel Yakubu Gariba; Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo; Vincent Yao Eziah Cogent Food & Agriculture 2021. doi:10.1080/23311932.2021.1918426
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Plant extracts reduced insect oviposition in treated maize grain.
- Intervention effect Plant extracts reduced insect survivorship in treated maize grain.
- Observation All four plant extracts contained multiple classes of phytochemicals.
- Intervention effect Botanical treatment reduced stored maize seed damage after ten weeks relative to untreated seeds.
- Intervention effect Botanical treatment reduced stored maize seed weight loss after ten weeks relative to untreated seeds.