Abstract
Experiments were conducted to assess the damage of the glasshouse cucumber by twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, and to investigate when the economic yield begins to decrease after T. urticae infestations. To assess the damage, dry matter partitioning in the cucumber plant was quantified and plant growth analyses were conducted at four different T. urticae infestation levels. T. urticae infestations decreased leaf productivity by reducing the total number of leaves per plant. Approximately 14% reductions of total leaf areas could result in significant yield loss. The decreased leaf productivity by T. urticae feeding caused biomass reductions and altered the pattern of dry matter partitioning in the plant; damaged plants accumulated more dry matter in the leaf, and partitioning of dry matter to fruits was hindered. The economic yield of cucumber began to significantly decrease as early as 4 wk after heavy mite infestations. This study also showed the seasonal differences in T. urticae–cucumber damage interactions among mite infestation levels.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Mite infestations reduced cucumber leaf productivity by reducing the number of leaves per plant.
- Taxon
- Cucumbers
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- T. urticae infestationse0
- Interactor
- T. urticae
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Tetranychus urticaee0pest - Outcome
- leaf productivitye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“T. urticae infestations decreased leaf productivity by reducing the total number of leaves per plant.”
t0“Glasshouse Cucumbers”
Claim · model-written summary
About 14% less leaf area could cause significant cucumber yield loss.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Approximately 14% reductions of total leaf areas could result in significant yield loss.”
t0“Glasshouse Cucumbers”
Claim · model-written summary
Mite feeding reduced cucumber biomass.
- Taxon
- CucumbersCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T. urticae feedinge0
- Interactor
- T. urticaeTetranychus urticaee0pest
- Outcome
- biomasse0
- Direction
- reductionse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The decreased leaf productivity by T. urticae feeding caused biomass reductions”
t0“Glasshouse Cucumbers”
Claim · model-written summary
Damaged cucumber plants accumulated more dry matter in leaves.
- Taxon
- CucumbersCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Outcome
- dry matter in the leafe0
- Direction
- moree0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“damaged plants accumulated more dry matter in the leaf”
t0“Glasshouse Cucumbers”
Claim · model-written summary
Mite damage hindered dry matter partitioning to cucumber fruit.
- Taxon
- CucumbersCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- fruitse0
- Outcome
- partitioning of dry matter to fruitse0
- Direction
- hinderede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“partitioning of dry matter to fruits was hindered”
t0“Glasshouse Cucumbers”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber economic yield significantly decreased as early as four weeks after heavy mite infestation.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- heavy mite infestationse0
- Interactor
- mitee0pest
- Outcome
- economic yielde0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Value
- 4 wke0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The economic yield of cucumber began to significantly decrease as early as 4 wk after heavy mite infestations.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mite damage to cucumber differed by season and infestation level.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Interactor
- T. urticaeTetranychus urticaee0pest
- Outcome
- seasonal differences in T. urticae–cucumber damage interactionse0
- Qualifier
- mite infestation levelse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seasonal differences in T. urticae–cucumber damage interactions among mite infestation levels.”
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