Abstract
The use of chemical insecticides in the control of insect pests has left in its wake resistance of some pests to some of the conventional insecticides. Alternative methods of managing pests such as cultural control have to be employed to reduce pest infestation of crops. Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design with four treatments; sole cabbage (T1), 2 rows of cabbage to 1 row of onion (T2), 3 rows of cabbage to 1 row of onion (T3) and 4 rows of cabbage to 1 row of onion (T4), each of which was replicated three times. Data were collected on pests’ numbers, plant height, damaged leaves at harvest, canopy spread, number of damaged heads and fresh weight. Significantly fewer Bemisia tabaci, Hellula undalis and Brevicoryne brassicae infested the intercropped plants than the sole crop. However, intercropping cabbage with onion did not significantly reduce Plutella xylostella population on cabbage. Number of damaged heads, fresh weight and damaged leaves were significantly different (P< 0.05).
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Onion intercropping gave fewer Bemisia tabaci infesting cabbage than sole cabbage.
- Taxon
- cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitatae1 - Treatment
- Onion was used in an intercrope1
- Interactor
- Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabacie2pest - Outcome
- infestede2
- Direction
- fewere2
- Comparator
- sole crope2
- Setting
- Ghanat0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage”
e2“Significantly fewer Bemisia tabaci, Hellula undalis and Brevicoryne brassicae infested the intercropped plants than the sole crop”
t0“Production System in Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion intercropping gave fewer Hellula undalis infesting cabbage than sole cabbage.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatae1
- Treatment
- Onion was used in an intercrope1
- Interactor
- Hellula undalis
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Hellula undalise2pest - Outcome
- infestede2
- Direction
- fewere2
- Comparator
- sole crope2
- Setting
- Ghanat0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e1“Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage”
e2“Significantly fewer Bemisia tabaci, Hellula undalis and Brevicoryne brassicae infested the intercropped plants than the sole crop”
t0“Production System in Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion intercropping gave fewer Brevicoryne brassicae infesting cabbage than sole cabbage.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatae1
- Treatment
- Onion was used in an intercrope1
- Interactor
- Brevicoryne brassicae
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Brevicoryne brassicaee2pest - Outcome
- infestede2
- Direction
- fewere2
- Comparator
- sole crope2
- Setting
- Ghanat0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e1“Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage”
e2“Significantly fewer Bemisia tabaci, Hellula undalis and Brevicoryne brassicae infested the intercropped plants than the sole crop”
t0“Production System in Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion intercropping did not significantly reduce the Plutella xylostella population on cabbage.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatae1
- Treatment
- intercropping cabbage with onione3
- Interactor
- Plutella xylostella
Plutella xylostellae3pest - Outcome
- Plutella xylostella populatione3
- Direction
- did not significantly reducee3
- Setting
- Ghanat0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage”
e3“intercropping cabbage with onion did not significantly reduce Plutella xylostella population on cabbage”
t0“Production System in Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Onion intercropping gave significantly different numbers of damaged heads, fresh weight and damaged leaves compared with sole cabbage.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatae1
- Treatment
- Onion was used in an intercrope1
- Outcome
- Number of damaged heads, fresh weight and damaged leavese4
- Comparator
- sole crope2
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Onion was used in an intercrop as a non host crop to manage the pests of cabbage”
e2“Significantly fewer Bemisia tabaci, Hellula undalis and Brevicoryne brassicae infested the intercropped plants than the sole crop”
e4“Number of damaged heads, fresh weight and damaged leaves were significantly different (P< 0.05)”
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