Claim · model-written summary
Neem oil reduced corn earworm damage in sweet corn at both pre- and postpollination applications in 2006.
- Taxon
- Sweet Cornt0
- Treatment
- neem oile0
- Interactor
- corn earworm
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Helicoverpa zeae0pest - Outcome
- corn earworm damagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- at both pre- and postpollination applications in 2006e0
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Verbatim
e0“neem oil reduced corn earworm damage at both pre- and postpollination applications in 2006, but not in 2007”
t0“Sweet Corn”
Title
Impact of Applying Edible Oils to Silk Channels on Ear Pests of Sweet Corn
Xinzhi Ni; Alton N. Sparks; David G. Riley; et al. Journal of Economic Entomology 2011. doi:10.1603/ec10356
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Neem oil did not reduce corn earworm damage in sweet corn in 2007.
- Intervention effect Mineral oil applied at postpollination reduced corn earworm damage in sweet corn in both years.
- Intervention effect Mineral oil reduced the number of sap beetle adults in sweet corn.
- Intervention effect Neem oil applied at postpollination attracted the most sap beetle adults in sweet corn in 2007.
- Intervention effect Corn oil applied at postpollination reduced corn earworm damage in sweet corn only in 2007.
- Intervention effect Sesame oil applied at postpollination reduced corn earworm damage in sweet corn only in 2007.
- Intervention effect Peanut oil applied at postpollination attracted more sap beetle adults in sweet corn in 2006.
- Intervention effect Peanut oil applied at postpollination attracted more sap beetle larvae in sweet corn in 2007.
- Intervention effect Olive oil significantly reduced husk coverage compared with the water control in both years.
- Intervention effect Neem oil significantly reduced husk coverage compared with the water control in both years.
- Intervention effect Mineral oil application consistently increased smut infection rate in sweet corn in both 2006 and 2007.