Claim · model-written summary
Only 0.4% of alfalfa leaflets contained agromyzid mines in the sampled European fields.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Organ / stage
- leafletse0
- Outcome
- alfalfa leaflets contained agromyzid minese0
- Direction
- far belowe0
- Value
- 0.4%e0
- Qualifier
- 25 to 30% level or highere0
- Setting
- northeastern United States and Canadae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Only 0.4% of the alfalfa leaflets contained agromyzid mines, a degree of infestation that is far below the 25 to 30% level or higher that may occur in alfalfa fields in the northeastern United States and Canada.”
Title
Parasites of Agromyzid Leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on Alfalfa in Europe
J. J. Drea; D. Jeandel; F. Gruber Annals of the Entomological Society of America 1982. doi:10.1093/aesa/75.3.297
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- Observation Phytomyza horticola was newly recorded on alfalfa as a host plant.
- Observation Seasonal parasitism of alfalfa leafminers exceeded 70% across all host species.
- Observation Parasitism of alfalfa leafminers reached 100% in some samples.
- Observation New parasite host records were established for 16 of 17 species recovered from Agromyza frontella.
- Observation New parasite host records were established for 11 of 18 species recovered from Agromyza nana.
- Observation Three of 14 parasitoid species sent to the United States for study and release against Agromyza frontella became established there.