Claim · model-written summary
All five flowering non-crop plant species promoted the longevity and egg load of the parasitoid A. bambawalei compared with water only.
- Taxon
- A. bambawaleie1
- Treatment
- All five flowering non-crop plant speciese0
- Outcome
- longevity and egg loade1
- Direction
- promotede1
- Comparator
- water onlye1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“All five flowering non-crop plant species”
e1“promoted the longevity and egg load of A. bambawalei when compared with water only”
Title
Adding non-crop plants enhances parasitoid fitness on potato plants, but not pest densities
Yusha Wang; Yongping Zhou; Ruwen Li; et al. Crop Protection 2024. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2024.107010
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Females fed on F. esculentum, V. faba and L. maritima produced 16% higher total offspring than on water.
- Intervention effect Females fed on F. esculentum, V. faba and L. maritima produced 13% higher female offspring than on water.
- Intervention effect None of the five non-crop plant species increased the mealybug population on crop plants or in the overall system.
- Intervention effect There was no significant difference in mealybug abundance across the five plant combinations.
- Observation The five flowering non-crop plants were not suitable hosts of the mealybug.