Claim · model-written summary
Sweet orange was most susceptible to scale insects, followed by navel orange and mandarin.
- Taxon
- sweet orange
Citrus sinensise0 - Outcome
- susceptible citrus tree hostse0
- Direction
- most susceptiblee0
- Comparator
- navel orange and mandarine0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sweet orange appeared to be the most susceptible citrus tree hosts to infestation by the scale insects followed by navel orange and mandarin at the least.”
Title
Abd-Elghaffar, Asmaa M.; Selem, Gamila Sh.; Kelany, I. M.; et al. Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research 2017. doi:10.21608/zjar.2017.52266
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation A. aurantii populations had three peaks on all three citrus hosts in both years.
- Observation C. aonidum had three peaks on navel orange in both years.
- Observation C. aonidum had four peaks on sweet orange in the first year and three in the second.
- Observation C. aonidum had three and four population peaks on mandarin in the respective years.
- Observation The highest A. aurantii first peak on sweet orange was 636 insects per 300 leaves in February of year two.
- Observation The C. aonidum third peak reached 59 insects per 300 leaves in October of year two.
- Association Total carbohydrates were positively related to scale insect population density across three citrus hosts.
- Association Total proteins were positively related to scale insect population density across three citrus hosts.
- Association Total phenols had no reported relation with scale insect infestation.
- Association Leaf pH had no reported relation with scale insect infestation.