Claim · model-written summary
Sun-exposed black bags for an hour or longer reduced maize germination capacity.
- Treatment
- black polythene plastic bags exposed to the sun for a maximum of an hour and abovee0
- Outcome
- germination capacitye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“black polythene plastic bags exposed to the sun for a maximum of an hour and above resulted in decreased germination capacity”
t0“Maize”
Title
Garuma Nemera Roge; Fantahun Fisseha; Tigist Bidira Asian Journal of Biological Sciences 2023. doi:10.3923/ajbs.2023.550.554
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Hermetic storage caused 100% adult maize weevil mortality after a week.
- Intervention effect Sun exposure of black bags for 40 minutes to one hour caused 100% adult maize weevil mortality.
- Recommendation The authors concluded that hermetic containers and black bags were effective for maize weevil control.