Abstract
Abstract Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a major pest of tomato worldwide, causing severe leaf and fruit damage and significant yield losses. This study evaluated the effects of calcium and potassium silicates on the biology of T. absoluta and tomato productivity under field conditions. Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control. The oviposition period decreased to 9.56 and 8.04 days, and fecundity declined to 106.52 and 63.28 eggs, compared with 196.96 eggs in the control. The intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) dropped to 0.126 day −1 (potassium) and 0.105 day −1 (calcium) versus 0.159 day −1 in the control, while the net reproductive rate ( R o ) decreased from 118.17 to 63.91 and 35.15, respectively. Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control. Postharvest losses were minimized, with calcium silicate showing the lowest weight loss (5.39%) and decay rate (6.77%) after 14 days. These findings demonstrate that calcium and potassium silicates effectively suppress T. absoluta populations while improving tomato yield and storability, highlighting their potential for integration into sustainable pest management programs.
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Claims 18
Claim · model-written summary
potassium prolonged Tuta absoluta immature development to 26.44
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absoluta
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Tuta absolutat0pest - Outcome
- immature developmente0
- Direction
- prolongede0
- Value
- 26.44e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicates prolonged Tuta absoluta immature development to 28.37 days
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calcium silicatese0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- immature developmente0
- Direction
- prolongede0
- Value
- 28.37 dayse0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate shortened Tuta absoluta oviposition period to 9.56
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- oviposition periode1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- 9.56e1
- Comparator
- the controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
e1“The oviposition period decreased to 9.56 and 8.04 days, and fecundity declined to 106.52 and 63.28 eggs, compared with 196.96 eggs in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate shortened Tuta absoluta oviposition period to 8.04 days
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- oviposition periode1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- 8.04 dayse1
- Comparator
- the controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
e1“The oviposition period decreased to 9.56 and 8.04 days, and fecundity declined to 106.52 and 63.28 eggs, compared with 196.96 eggs in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta fecundity to 106.52
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- fecunditye1
- Direction
- declinede1
- Value
- 106.52e1
- Comparator
- the controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
e1“The oviposition period decreased to 9.56 and 8.04 days, and fecundity declined to 106.52 and 63.28 eggs, compared with 196.96 eggs in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta fecundity to 63.28 eggs
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- fecunditye1
- Direction
- declinede1
- Value
- 63.28 eggse1
- Comparator
- the controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Applications of both silicates significantly prolonged immature development to 26.44 and 28.37 days for potassium and calcium silicates, respectively, compared with 22.79 days in the control.”
e1“The oviposition period decreased to 9.56 and 8.04 days, and fecundity declined to 106.52 and 63.28 eggs, compared with 196.96 eggs in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta intrinsic rate of increase to 0.126 day −1
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- intrinsic rate of increasee0
- Direction
- droppede0
- Value
- 0.126 day −1e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“The intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) dropped to 0.126 day −1 (potassium) and 0.105 day −1 (calcium) versus 0.159 day −1 in the control, while the net reproductive rate ( R o ) decreased from 118.17 to 63.91 and 35.15, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta intrinsic rate of increase to 0.105 day −1
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- intrinsic rate of increasee0
- Direction
- droppede0
- Value
- 0.105 day −1e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“The intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) dropped to 0.126 day −1 (potassium) and 0.105 day −1 (calcium) versus 0.159 day −1 in the control, while the net reproductive rate ( R o ) decreased from 118.17 to 63.91 and 35.15, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta net reproductive rate to 63.91
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- net reproductive ratee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 63.91e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“The intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) dropped to 0.126 day −1 (potassium) and 0.105 day −1 (calcium) versus 0.159 day −1 in the control, while the net reproductive rate ( R o ) decreased from 118.17 to 63.91 and 35.15, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta net reproductive rate to 35.15
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- net reproductive ratee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 35.15e0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“The intrinsic rate of increase ( r ) dropped to 0.126 day −1 (potassium) and 0.105 day −1 (calcium) versus 0.159 day −1 in the control, while the net reproductive rate ( R o ) decreased from 118.17 to 63.91 and 35.15, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta leaf mines
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- leaf minese0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate increased tomato fruit weight
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate reduced Tuta absoluta leaf mines
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Interactor
- Tuta absolutaTuta absolutat0pest
- Outcome
- leaf minese0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate increased tomato fruit weight
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
potassium silicate increased tomato yield to 18.73 t/ha
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- potassiume0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 18.73 t/hae0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
calcium silicate increased tomato yield to 23.61 t/ha
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 23.61 t/hae0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Both treatments reduced leaf mines, increased fruit weight, and enhanced yield to 18.73 t/ha (potassium) and 23.61 t/ha (calcium), compared with 13.26 t/ha in the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium silicate produced the lowest postharvest weight loss after 14 days
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calcium silicatee0
- Outcome
- weight losse0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 5.39%e0
- Qualifier
- after 14 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Postharvest losses were minimized, with calcium silicate showing the lowest weight loss (5.39%) and decay rate (6.77%) after 14 days.”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium silicate produced the lowest postharvest decay rate after 14 days
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- calcium silicatee0
- Outcome
- decay ratee0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 6.77%e0
- Qualifier
- after 14 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and improve field performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
e0“Postharvest losses were minimized, with calcium silicate showing the lowest weight loss (5.39%) and decay rate (6.77%) after 14 days.”
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