Claim · model-written summary
The percentages of three wireworm populations that became labeled were similar across seed treatments with 15, 25 and 35% Rb and across samples taken 2 to 32 d after planting.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- seed treatments containing 15, 25, and 35% Rbe1
- Interactor
- wireworme1pest
- Outcome
- Percentages of three wireworm populations that became labelede1
- Direction
- similare1
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Verbatim
e0“In field evaluations, corn was labeled at time of planting and remained labeled for ≤32 d after planting”
e1“Percentages of three wireworm populations that became labeled were similar in plots that received seed treatments containing 15, 25, and 35% Rb and in samples obtained between 2 and 32 d after planting”
Title
Seed Treatment with Rubidium for Monitoring Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Feeding on Corn
J. M. Cheshire; A. J. Keaster; R. H. Ward; et al. Environmental Entomology 1987. doi:10.1093/ee/16.2.475
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Method / resource In field evaluations, corn seed-treated with rubidium was labeled at planting and remained labeled for up to 32 days after planting.
- Observation Rb was transferred to larvae of four wireworm species and Rb concentrations in all wireworms feeding on labeled corn plants exceeded 101 ppm.
- Observation In a greenhouse experiment, only small amounts of Rb were extracted from soil adjacent to Rb-treated corn plants.
- Method / resource The authors conclude that Rb seed treatment is a sensitive tool for estimating the percentage of wireworm populations feeding on corn in its early stages.