Abstract
ABSTRACT DUST produced by Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) was added to undamaged wheat, sorghum, and corn to investigate its effect on the bulk density of these grains. The effect of various amounts of insect-produced dust on the bulk density differed significantly depending on the grain and moisture content. The reduction in bulk density in grain containing 0.4% dust varied from approximately 0.5 to 1.0%. Because of this dust-produced effect, a weight loss estimation method based on changes in bulk density substantially overestimated weight loss from R. dominica in wheat. Repeated manipulation consistently increased the bulk density of wheat, decreased that of grain sorghum, and had little effect on that of corn.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Insect-produced dust at 0.4 percent reduced grain bulk density by about 0.5 to 1.0 percent compared with undamaged grain.
- Taxon
- wheat, sorghum, and corn
Sorghum
Triticum aestivum
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- 0.4% duste1
- Interactor
- Rhyzopertha dominica
Rhyzopertha dominicae0pest - Outcome
- bulk densitye1
- Direction
- reductione1
- Value
- 0.5 to 1.0%e1
- Comparator
- undamagede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“DUST produced by Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) was added to undamaged wheat, sorghum, and corn”
e1“The reduction in bulk density in grain containing 0.4% dust varied from approximately 0.5 to 1.0%”
Claim · model-written summary
A weight loss estimate based on bulk density change substantially overestimated weight loss from Rhyzopertha dominica in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume2
- Interactor
- R. dominicaRhyzopertha dominicae2pest
- Outcome
- weight loss estimation methode2
- Direction
- overestimatede2
- Comparator
- weight loss from R. dominicae2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“a weight loss estimation method based on changes in bulk density substantially overestimated weight loss from R. dominica in wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Repeated manipulation consistently increased the bulk density of wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume3
- Treatment
- Repeated manipulatione3
- Outcome
- bulk densitye3
- Direction
- increasede3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Repeated manipulation consistently increased the bulk density of wheat, decreased that of grain sorghum, and had little effect on that of corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Repeated manipulation decreased the bulk density of grain sorghum.
- Taxon
- grain sorghum
Sorghum bicolore3 - Treatment
- Repeated manipulatione3
- Outcome
- bulk densitye3
- Direction
- decreasede3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Repeated manipulation consistently increased the bulk density of wheat, decreased that of grain sorghum, and had little effect on that of corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Repeated manipulation had little effect on the bulk density of corn.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse3
- Treatment
- Repeated manipulatione3
- Outcome
- bulk densitye3
- Direction
- had little effecte3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Repeated manipulation consistently increased the bulk density of wheat, decreased that of grain sorghum, and had little effect on that of corn”