Paper · 1959 · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Corn earworm in grain sorghum phosdrin and thiodan: Show promise as substitutes for DDT in two experiments with aerial applications to infested fields

O Bacon; R. Miskus; M. D. Morse; et al.

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Abstract

Damage to grain sorghum by the corn earworm–Heliothis zea (Boddie) –has been especially severe in Butte and Glenn counties. Certain fields examined in 1957 and 1958 showed 90%-99% of the heads to be infested. Usually 1–4 larvae per head were found although some heads had 10-16 larvae.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Some grain sorghum fields had 90%-99% of heads infested.

Taxon
grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
Interactor
corn earwormHelicoverpa zeat0pest
Outcome
heads to be infestede0
Value
90%-99%e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor · TaxonNo machine-readable author provided. Pethan assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea · InteractorAndy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Certain fields examined in 1957 and 1958 showed 90%-99% of the heads to be infested.”

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“Corn earworm in grain sorghum”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Most infested sorghum heads had 1–4 larvae, but some had 10-16.

Taxon
grain sorghumSorghum bicolort0
Interactor
Corn earwormHelicoverpa zeat0pest
Outcome
larvae per heade0
Value
1–4 larvae per heade0
Qualifier
some heads had 10-16 larvaee0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor · TaxonNo machine-readable author provided. Pethan assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea · InteractorAndy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Usually 1–4 larvae per head were found although some heads had 10-16 larvae.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 209–285 · show in text ↑
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“Corn earworm in grain sorghum”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–29 · show in text ↑