Claim · model-written summary
Increasing plant extract levels increased the cowpea insect pest population.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- plant extractse2
- Outcome
- insects pest populatione2
- Direction
- increasee2
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Verbatim
e0“to compare the effects of plants extract of Garlic and Ginger on the growth and yield characteristics of cowpea”
e2“Though a linear increase in insects pest population was observed as levels of the plant extracts increased”
Title
Umesi Ndubuisi; B Nnah Maxwell 2010
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Garlic and ginger extracts decreased leaf damage on cowpea.
- Intervention effect Plant extract treatments decreased cowpea flower abscission.
- Intervention effect Plant extract treatments increased cowpea weight per 100 seeds and grain yield significantly.
- Mechanism The authors interpret the rise in pest incidence as showing that the extracts are attractive and antifeedant to insects.