Helicoverpa zea 60 claims

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Common name: corn earworm — Also written in claims: Heliothis zea · Corn Earworm · bollworm · bollworms — NCBI synonyms: Heliothis zea · Phalaena zea

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeae1
Treatment: feeding on high-flavonoid maize linese0
Interactor: maizeZea mayse1host
Outcome: mortalitye0
Direction: increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Larvae feeding on high-flavonoid maize lines had increased mortality and reduced body weight.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 965–1058

e1
“Corn earworm (CEW) Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) is one of the economically important insect pests of maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–744

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeae1
Treatment: feeding on high-flavonoid maize linese0
Interactor: maizeZea mayse1host
Outcome: body weighte0
Direction: reducede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Larvae feeding on high-flavonoid maize lines had increased mortality and reduced body weight.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 965–1058

e1
“Corn earworm (CEW) Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) is one of the economically important insect pests of maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–744

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeae1
Interactor: maizeZea mayse1host
Outcome: leakage of the midgut peritrophic matrixe0

Verbatim

e0
“These larvae showed leakage of the midgut peritrophic matrix, indicating leaky-gut-like syndrome suggesting involvement of microbiome changes in the larval gut.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1059–1219

e1
“Corn earworm (CEW) Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) is one of the economically important insect pests of maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–744

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Outcome: leakage of the food boluse0
Qualifier: Damaged peritrophic matrixe0

Verbatim

e0
“Damaged peritrophic matrix causes leakage of the food bolus in the midgut epithelium.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 102–187

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Outcome: leaky-gut-like syndromee0
Qualifier: microbiome changes in the larval gute0

Verbatim

e0
“These larvae showed leakage of the midgut peritrophic matrix, indicating leaky-gut-like syndrome suggesting involvement of microbiome changes in the larval gut.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1059–1219

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Organ / stage: midgute0
Treatment: consuming the flavonoid-rich huskse0
Outcome: expression of chitin formation and gut health-related genese0

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Verbatim

e0
“Moreover, the expression of chitin formation and gut health-related genes was changed in the midgut of larvae consuming the flavonoid-rich husks.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1220–1365

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Compound: 3-deoxyanthocyanidins (3-DAs) and flavan-4-olse0
Outcome: larval mortalitye0
Direction: increasede0

Verbatim

e0
“Silks and husks of high flavonoid lines also had elevated levels of 3-deoxyanthocyanidins (3-DAs) and flavan-4-ols, which contributed to increased larval mortality.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1462–1626

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Treatment: artificial diet supplemented with a sorghum 3-DAs-rich extracte0
Outcome: larval mortalitye0
Direction: increasinge0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Feeding assays using an artificial diet supplemented with a sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract further confirmed the efficacy of these flavonoids in increasing larval mortality.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1627–1796

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Treatment: Sorghum flavonoids supplemented diete0
Outcome: larval body weighte0
Direction: reducese0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Sorghum flavonoids supplemented diet causes mortality and reduces larval body weight.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 281–366

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Recommendation The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest flavonoid defense as an option for integrated corn earworm pest management.

Taxon: Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zeat0
Outcome: integrated pest management for CEW larvaee0

Verbatim

e0
“Altogether, this study suggests a novel option for integrated pest management for CEW larvae.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1797–1890

t0
“Helicoverpa zea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 80–95

Title

Plant defense against insect herbivory: Flavonoid-mediated growth inhibition of Helicoverpa zea

Debamalya Chatterjee; Charles Colvin; Tyler Lesko; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.100738

Other claims from this paper (11)

Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize increased corn earworm larval mortality.
Intervention effect Feeding on high-flavonoid maize reduced corn earworm larval body weight.
Observation Larvae consuming high-flavonoid maize showed midgut peritrophic matrix leakage.
Mechanism Peritrophic matrix damage caused food bolus leakage into the midgut epithelium.
Mechanism The larval leakage syndrome suggested involvement of larval gut microbiome changes.
Intervention effect Flavonoid-rich husk consumption changed expression of larval chitin formation and gut health genes.
Intervention effect Corn earworm herbivory caused high localized flavonol accumulation around damaged maize husks.
Observation Silks and husks of high-flavonoid maize lines had elevated 3-deoxyanthocyanidin and flavan-4-ol levels.
Mechanism 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and flavan-4-ols contributed to higher larval mortality.
Intervention effect Artificial diet supplemented with sorghum 3-DAs-rich extract increased larval mortality.
Intervention effect Sorghum flavonoid supplementation reduced larval body weight.