Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that Urtica sp. extracts have insecticidal and fungicidal properties acting as insect repellents or growth inhibitors.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Treatment
- Urtica sp. extractse0
- Outcome
- insecticidal and fungicidal propertiese0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Sweet Potato”
t1“Urtica spp.”
e0“Urtica sp. extracts exhibit insecticidal and fungicidal properties that act as insect repellents or growth inhibitors”
Title
Ernestina Narveh Awarikabey; Ernest Baafi; Kofi Frimpong-Anin; et al. International Journal of Life Science and Agriculture Research 2026. doi:10.55677/ijlsar/v05i02y2026-02
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation No disease incidence was recorded in the sweetpotato field trial.
- Intervention effect The test product at 500 ml/100 L of water per week reduced pest infestation and damage on leaves and storage roots.
- Intervention effect The product was efficacious in minimising sweetpotato storage root damage.
- Intervention effect The product increased sweetpotato yield.