Abstract
Abstract Sour orange ( Citrus aurantium L.) seedlings grown in pots in a greenhouse had 1.8 times as much rubidium in the leaves when larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus L., the West Indian sugarcane rootstalk borer, were feeding on their roots than weevil-free control trees. Manually inflicted damage to the roots simulating weevil damage had a similar effect. Rubidium uptake could be used to detect root damage as a nondestructive substitute for visual inspection of the roots.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Larval root feeding raised leaf rubidium 1.8-fold relative to weevil-free trees.
- Taxon
- Sour orange
Citrus ×aurantiume0 - Treatment
- larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus L., the West Indian sugarcane rootstalk borer, were feeding on their rootse0
- Interactor
- Diaprepes abbreviatus L.
Diaprepes abbreviatuse0pest - Outcome
- rubidium in the leavese0
- Direction
- 1.8 times as muche0
- Value
- 1.8 timese0
- Comparator
- weevil-free control treese0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
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Verbatim
e0“Sour orange ( Citrus aurantium L.) seedlings grown in pots in a greenhouse had 1.8 times as much rubidium in the leaves when larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus L., the West Indian sugarcane rootstalk borer, were feeding on their roots than weevil-free control trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Manual root damage similarly increased leaf rubidium.
- Treatment
- Manually inflicted damage to the rootse0
- Outcome
- similar effecte0
- Direction
- similar effecte0
- Comparator
- weevil damagee0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Manually inflicted damage to the roots simulating weevil damage had a similar effect.”
Claim · model-written summary
Rubidium uptake was proposed as a nondestructive detector of root damage.
- Outcome
- Rubidium uptake could be used to detect root damagee0
- Comparator
- visual inspection of the rootse0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“Rubidium uptake could be used to detect root damage as a nondestructive substitute for visual inspection of the roots.”
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