Abstract
We aimed in this investigation to prove that organic pesticides (neem oil and a mixture of cottonseed and sunflower oil) can replace synthetics (malathion) in controlling aphids and leafhoppers attacking tomato under field conditions. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design, during two successive seasons; 2018 and 2019 in a total area of 0.5 ha. Both yellow sticky traps and plant sampling methods were used. Data analyses revealed that the mixture of cotton and sunflower oil gave the highest control levels of both leafhoppers and aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Leafhoppers were much more susceptible to all the applied compounds than aphids. Oil mixture proved to be either higher or equal to malathion in its efficiency. Neem oil was less efficient on both pests than malathion. Effectiveness of all tested compounds highly decreased after 14days post treatment. The highest control levels of both pests occurred after three consecutive treatments. Accordingly, cottonseed oil mixed with sunflower oil is very promising in controlling those two pests and can replace malathion in IPM programs in tomato fields in Egypt, taking into consideration repeating the application for three consecutive times with maximum one week between sprayings. Thus, the answer to the study title according to our research is “yes they could” provided that farmers’ awareness is raised concerning shifting towards those organic compounds and training them on using such safe, eco-friendly and cost effective natural products is taking into consideration to achieve agricultural sustainability.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Cotton and sunflower oil mixture gave highest leafhopper control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- mixture of cotton and sunflower oile0
- Interactor
- leafhoppersCicadellidaee0pest
- Outcome
- control levels of both leafhopperse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the mixture of cotton and sunflower oil gave the highest control levels of both leafhoppers and aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer)”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Cotton and sunflower oil mixture gave highest aphid control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- mixture of cotton and sunflower oile0
- Interactor
- Myzus persicae
Myzus persicaee0pest - Outcome
- control levels of both leafhoppers and aphid Myzus persicaee0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the mixture of cotton and sunflower oil gave the highest control levels of both leafhoppers and aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer)”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Leafhoppers were more susceptible to all compounds than aphids.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Interactor
- LeafhoppersCicadellidaee0pest
- Outcome
- Leafhoppers were much more susceptiblee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- aphidse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leafhoppers were much more susceptible to all the applied compounds than aphids”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Oil mixture equaled or exceeded malathion efficiency.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Oil mixturee0
- Outcome
- efficiencye0
- Direction
- higher or equale0
- Comparator
- malathione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Oil mixture proved to be either higher or equal to malathion in its efficiency”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem oil was less efficient than malathion for both pests.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Neem oile0
- Outcome
- efficient on both pestse0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- malathione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Neem oil was less efficient on both pests than malathion”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Effectiveness declined 14 days after treatment.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- Effectiveness of all tested compoundse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- after 14days post treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Effectiveness of all tested compounds highly decreased after 14days post treatment”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Three consecutive treatments gave the highest control of both pests.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- three consecutive treatmentse0
- Outcome
- control levels of both pestse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest control levels of both pests occurred after three consecutive treatments”
t0“Tomato”
t1“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend mixed oils in tomato IPM with three sprays at most one week apart.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- cottonseed oil mixed with sunflower oile0
- Outcome
- replace malathion in IPM programse0
- Qualifier
- three consecutive times with maximum one week between sprayingse0
- Setting
- Egypte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cottonseed oil mixed with sunflower oil is very promising in controlling those two pests and can replace malathion in IPM programs in tomato fields in Egypt, taking into consideration repeating the application for three consecutive times with maximum one week between sprayings”
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