Abstract
Effect of Niesthrea louisianica Sailer on reproduction of velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti Medicus, was determined by caging various numbers of the insects on single plants in the field. Number of seeds per plant ranged from 5,129 ± 1,761 with 0 insects to 1,366 ± 1,233 seeds with an original infestation of 100 first instars. A decrease in seed viability was inversely correlated with insect density from 74 ± 19% for the 0-insect treatment to 14 ± 30% for the 100 first-instar treatment.
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Claims 2
Claim · model-written summary
Infestation with 100 first instars reduced velvetleaf seeds per plant from 5,129 ± 1,761 to 1,366 ± 1,233.
- Taxon
- velvetleaf
Abutilon theophrastie0 - Treatment
- 100 first instarse1
- Interactor
- Niesthrea louisianica
Niesthrea louisianicae2herbivore - Outcome
- Number of seeds per plante1
- Direction
- ranged frome1
- Value
- 1,366 ± 1,233 seedse1
- Qualifier
- 5,129 ± 1,761e1
- Comparator
- 0 insectse1
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Verbatim
e0“velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti Medicus”
e1“Number of seeds per plant ranged from 5,129 ± 1,761 with 0 insects to 1,366 ± 1,233 seeds with an original infestation of 100 first instars”
e2“Niesthrea louisianica Sailer”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed viability decreased as insect density rose, from 74 ± 19% at zero insects to 14 ± 30% at 100 first instars.
- Taxon
- velvetleafAbutilon theophrastie0
- Interactor
- Niesthrea louisianicaNiesthrea louisianicae2herbivore
- Outcome
- seed viabilitye1
- Direction
- decreasee1
- Value
- 14 ± 30%e1
- Qualifier
- 74 ± 19%e1
- Comparator
- 0-insect treatmente1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti Medicus”
e1“A decrease in seed viability was inversely correlated with insect density from 74 ± 19% for the 0-insect treatment to 14 ± 30% for the 100 first-instar treatment”
e2“Niesthrea louisianica Sailer”