Abstract
In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated. Field dodder is known to spend its entire vegetation period as a parasite plant on its hosts after germinating from the soil. It causes significant yield and quality loss of many cultivated plants, including sugar beet. In this study, the influence of dodder on leaf chlorophyll a and b, total chlorophyll levels, leaf yield, wet and dry leaf weight, and leaf ash weight of sugar beet was investigated. For this purpose, two varieties of sugar beet (Valentina and 551) were cultivated in two growing areas as groups of infected and uninfected sugar beet. Sugar beet leaf numbers and associated hectare yield decreased considerably when the plants were infected with the parasite. Crop yield per hectare was calculated to be 79,573.9 kg/ha for uninfected plots while it was determined as 57,341.3 kg/ha for the infected ones. Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Field dodder infection decreased sugar beet leaf numbers and hectare yield.
- Taxon
- sugar beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1 - Organ / stage
- leafe1
- Treatment
- infected with the parasitee2
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)
Cuscuta campestrise1parasite - Outcome
- leaf numbers and associated hectare yielde2
- Direction
- decreased considerablye2
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e2“Sugar beet leaf numbers and associated hectare yield decreased considerably when the plants were infected with the parasite”
Claim · model-written summary
Crop yield per hectare was lower in field dodder-infected sugar beet plots than in uninfected plots.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Treatment
- infectede3
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- crop yield per hectaree3
- Direction
- lowerinferrede3
- Value
- 79,573.9 kg/hae3
- Qualifier
- 57,341.3 kg/ha for the infected onese3
- Comparator
- uninfected plotse3
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e3“Crop yield per hectare was calculated to be 79,573.9 kg/ha for uninfected plots while it was determined as 57,341.3 kg/ha for the infected ones”
Claim · model-written summary
Average leaf yield of sugar beet declined under field dodder infection.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Organ / stage
- leafe1
- Treatment
- infected by field doddere4
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- Average leaf yielde4
- Direction
- declinee4
- Value
- 32,943.6 kg/hae4
- Qualifier
- 18,451.4 kg/ha for infectede4
- Comparator
- uninfectede4
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e4“Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder”
Claim · model-written summary
Tuber size of sugar beet declined under field dodder infection.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Organ / stage
- tubere1
- Treatment
- infected by field doddere4
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- tuber sizese4
- Direction
- declinee4
- Value
- 28.116 × 8.244 cme4
- Qualifier
- 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infectede4
- Comparator
- uninfectede4
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e4“Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder”
Claim · model-written summary
Chlorophyll a of sugar beet leaves declined under field dodder infection.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Organ / stage
- leafe1
- Treatment
- infected by field doddere4
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- chlorophyll ae4
- Direction
- declinee4
- Value
- 4.020 and 1.650 mg/ge4
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e4“Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder”
Claim · model-written summary
Chlorophyll b of sugar beet leaves declined under field dodder infection.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Organ / stage
- leafe1
- Treatment
- infected by field doddere4
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- chlorophyll be4
- Direction
- declinee4
- Value
- 1.67 and 1.29 mg/ge4
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e4“Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder”
Claim · model-written summary
Total chlorophyll of sugar beet declined under field dodder infection.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
- Treatment
- infected by field doddere4
- Interactor
- field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)Cuscuta campestrise1parasite
- Outcome
- total chlorophyll valuese4
- Direction
- declinee4
- Value
- 5.69 and 2.94 mg/ge4
- Setting
- Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkeye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“In this study, the effect of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.) on the leaf and tuber yield of sugar beet fields in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey was investigated”
e4“Average leaf yield (32,943.6 kg/ha for uninfected versus 18,451.4 kg/ha for infected), tuber sizes (28.116 × 8.244 cm for uninfected versus 18.984 × 6.269 cm for infected), the amounts of chlorophyll a (4.020 and 1.650 mg/g) and chlorophyll b (1.67 and 1.29 mg/g), and total chlorophyll values (5.69 and 2.94 mg/g) were all observed to decline when the crops were infected by field dodder”
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