Claim · model-written summary
P. insulata larvae fed on medium- or high-fertilised C. odorata leaves developed faster than on low-fertilised leaves.
- Taxon
- C. odorata
Chromolaena odoratae0 - Treatment
- medium- or high-fertilisation treatmentse2
- Interactor
- P. insulata
Pareuchaetes insulatae2herbivore - Outcome
- developede2
- Direction
- fastere2
- Comparator
- low-fertilisation treatmente2
Verbatim
e0“C. odorata plants were treated with 3 different levels of fertilisation”
e2“When individuals of P. insulata were fed on leaves from medium- or high-fertilisation treatments, they developed faster, grew to a larger size (by 8%) and achieved higher fecundity (19–22%) than leaves from the low-fertilisation treatment”
Title
Osariyekemwen O. Uyi; Costas Zachariades; Martin P. Hill Biocontrol Science and Technology 2015. doi:10.1080/09583157.2015.1118615
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect High and medium fertilisation significantly increased foliar nitrogen concentrations, basal stem diameter and leaf length of C. odorata relative to low fertilisation.
- Intervention effect High and medium fertilisation significantly increased shoot height and above-ground biomass of C. odorata relative to low fertilisation.
- Intervention effect P. insulata larvae fed on medium- or high-fertilised C. odorata leaves grew to a larger size, by 8%.
- Intervention effect P. insulata larvae fed on medium- or high-fertilised C. odorata leaves achieved higher fecundity, by 19–22%.
- Recommendation Mass-rearing of P. insulata will yield higher production in medium- or high-fertilised C. odorata plants.