Abstract
Summary Molasses was applied to soil through sprinkler irrigation system or by overhead boom sprayer. In a papaya plantation on Maui where high and damaging populations of reniform nematodes had caused a reduction in fruit yield and quality, the molasses applications lowered nematode soil populations and resulted in marked improvement in the tree growth and harvestable fruit. When applied to Chinese cabbage, there was a decrease in the numbers of Heterodera nematode cysts following harvest. Preplant applications of molasses to onions improved plant color and onion yield although no difference in soil nematode populations or in cyst number was observed. Molasses soil amendments supply carbohydrates and alter the C/N ratio. This affects the soil microbial ecology, usually resulting in lowered populations of plant parasitic nematodes as well as having other favorable effects on plant growth. The specific mechanisms involved are not well understood and vary with the crop, soil conditions, and nematode species present.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Molasses lowered soil reniform nematode populations in papaya plantation.
- Taxon
- papaya
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Carica papayae0 - Treatment
- molasses applicationse0
- Outcome
- reniform nematodese0
- Direction
- lowerede0
- Setting
- Mauie0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“In a papaya plantation on Maui where high and damaging populations of reniform nematodes had caused a reduction in fruit yield and quality, the molasses applications lowered nematode soil populations”
e1“reniform nematodes had caused”
Claim · model-written summary
Molasses markedly improved papaya tree growth and harvestable fruit.
- Taxon
- papayaCarica papayae0
- Treatment
- molasses applicationse0
- Outcome
- tree growth and harvestable fruite0
- Direction
- improvemente0
- Setting
- Mauie0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In a papaya plantation on Maui where high and damaging populations of reniform nematodes had caused a reduction in fruit yield and quality, the molasses applications lowered nematode soil populations and resulted in marked improvement in the tree growth and harvestable fruit”
e1“reniform nematodes had caused”
Claim · model-written summary
Molasses decreased postharvest Heterodera cyst numbers in Chinese cabbage.
- Taxon
- Chinese cabbage
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensise0 - Treatment
- appliede0
- Interactor
- Heterodera
Heteroderae0peste1 - Outcome
- numbers of Heterodera nematode cystse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Qualifier
- following harveste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When applied to Chinese cabbage, there was a decrease in the numbers of Heterodera nematode cysts following harvest”
e1“Heterodera nematode cysts”
Claim · model-written summary
Preplant molasses improved onion plant color.
- Taxon
- onions
Allium cepae0 - Treatment
- Preplant applications of molassese0
- Outcome
- plant colore0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preplant applications of molasses to onions improved plant color and onion yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Preplant molasses improved onion yield.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- Preplant applications of molassese0
- Outcome
- onion yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preplant applications of molasses to onions improved plant color and onion yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Preplant molasses showed no difference in onion soil nematode populations or cyst numbers.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- Preplant applications of molassese0
- Outcome
- soil nematode populations or in cyst numbere0
- Direction
- no differencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preplant applications of molasses to onions improved plant color and onion yield although no difference in soil nematode populations or in cyst number was observed”
e1“soil nematode populations or in cyst number”
Claim · model-written summary
Molasses soil amendments supply carbohydrates and alter the C/N ratio.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Molasses soil amendments supply carbohydrates and alter the C/N ratio”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors associate molasses-driven soil microbial changes with lower plant-parasitic nematode populations and favorable plant growth, with mechanisms unresolved.
Verbatim
e0“This affects the soil microbial ecology, usually resulting in lowered populations of plant parasitic nematodes as well as having other favorable effects on plant growth. The specific mechanisms involved are not well understood and vary with the crop, soil conditions, and nematode species present”
e1“plant parasitic nematodes”
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