Paper · 1976 · Plant Pathology

Routine Spraying of Potatoes to Control Aphids and Potato Blight daring 1969–73

D. R. SOUTHALL; J. M. A. SLY

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Abstract

SUMMARY Organophosphorus sprays applied to crops of potatoes in eastern England in 1969–73 inclusive controlled aphid numbers and increased yield by at least 10 per cent when populations of aphids reached 500 or more per 100 leaves on untreated plants. They also tended to reduce the severity of potato blight at sites heavily infected before mid‐September. Fungicide sprays (mostly mancozeb or maneb) were extremely successful in controlling blight on the foliage and increased yield of ware tubers by 12–24 per cent at sites where blight became severe, the larger increase occurring when blight became severe by the end of August. Blight sprays also appeared to increase the number of aphids present in mid and late July on plots receiving aphicides.

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Claims 6

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Organophosphorus sprays controlled aphid numbers when untreated populations reached 500 per 100 leaves.

Taxon
potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
Treatment
Organophosphorus sprayse0
Interactor
aphide0pest
Outcome
aphid numberse0
Direction
controllede0
Qualifier
500 or more per 100 leavese0
Comparator
untreated plantse0
Setting
eastern Englande0

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Organophosphorus sprays applied to crops of potatoes in eastern England in 1969–73 inclusive controlled aphid numbers and increased yield by at least 10 per cent when populations of aphids reached 500 or more per 100 leaves on untreated plants.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–252 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Organophosphorus sprays increased potato yield by at least 10 per cent at the stated aphid threshold.

Taxon
potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
Treatment
Organophosphorus sprayse0
Interactor
aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
increasede0
Value
at least 10 per cente0
Comparator
untreated plantse0

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Organophosphorus sprays applied to crops of potatoes in eastern England in 1969–73 inclusive controlled aphid numbers and increased yield by at least 10 per cent when populations of aphids reached 500 or more per 100 leaves on untreated plants.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–252 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Organophosphorus sprays tended to reduce blight severity at heavily infected sites.

Treatment
Organophosphorus sprayse1
Interactor
potato blighte0pathogen
Outcome
severity of potato blighte0
Direction
reducee0
Qualifier
sites heavily infected before mid‐Septembere0

Not reportedComparator

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“They also tended to reduce the severity of potato blight at sites heavily infected before mid‐September.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 253–357 · show in text ↑
e1

“Organophosphorus sprays applied to crops of potatoes in eastern England in 1969–73 inclusive controlled aphid numbers and increased yield by at least 10 per cent when populations of aphids reached 500 or more per 100 leaves on untreated plants.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Fungicide sprays controlled foliage blight.

Taxon
PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
Treatment
Fungicide sprayse0
Interactor
blighte0pathogen
Outcome
blight on the foliagee0
Direction
controllinge0

Not reportedComparator

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Fungicide sprays (mostly mancozeb or maneb) were extremely successful in controlling blight on the foliage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 358–464 · show in text ↑
t0

“Routine Spraying of Potatoes to Control Aphids and Potato Blight daring 1969–73”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–79 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Fungicide sprays raised ware tuber yield by 12–24 per cent at sites with severe blight.

Taxon
PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
Treatment
Fungicide sprayse1
Interactor
blighte0pathogen
Outcome
yield of ware tuberse0
Direction
increasede0
Value
12–24 per cente0
Qualifier
sites where blight became severee0

Not reportedComparator

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“increased yield of ware tubers by 12–24 per cent at sites where blight became severe”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 469–553 · show in text ↑
e1

“Fungicide sprays (mostly mancozeb or maneb) were extremely successful in controlling blight on the foliage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 358–464 · show in text ↑
t0

“Routine Spraying of Potatoes to Control Aphids and Potato Blight daring 1969–73”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–79 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Blight sprays appeared to increase aphids in July on aphicide treated plots.

Taxon
PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
Treatment
Blight sprayse0
Interactor
aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
Outcome
number of aphidse0
Direction
increasee0
Qualifier
mid and late July on plots receiving aphicidese0

Not reportedComparator

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Blight sprays also appeared to increase the number of aphids present in mid and late July on plots receiving aphicides.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 633–752 · show in text ↑
t0

“Routine Spraying of Potatoes to Control Aphids and Potato Blight daring 1969–73”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–79 · show in text ↑

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