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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

MIR improved parasitoid performance.

Taxon: tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: MIRe1
Interactor: Cotesia congregataCotesia congregatae0other
Outcome: Parasitoid performancee1
Direction: improvede1

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“tomato plants, the herbivore Manduca sexta, and the parasitoid Cotesia congregata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–723

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“Parasitoid performance was improved by MIR.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1282–1325

Title

Microbe‐induced resistance involves priming of direct or indirect defenses according to the stage of herbivory

Javier Rivero; Iván Fernández; Francisco J. Colina; et al. New Phytologist 2025. doi:10.1111/nph.70652

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Observation Microbe-induced resistance adjusted direct and indirect defense traits over herbivory time.
Observation Short-term herbivory with MIR primed jasmonate-regulated defenses.
Intervention effect MIR increased mortality of early-instar Manduca sexta larvae after short-term herbivory.
Intervention effect Trichoderma-driven MIR boosted green leaf volatile emissions after longer herbivory.
Intervention effect MIR enhanced attraction of Cotesia congregata after longer herbivory.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Honeydew from Myzus persicae enhanced parasitoid fitness and performance.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: honeydewse0
Interactor: parasitoide0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: fitness and performancee0
Direction: enhancede0

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“both honeydews enhanced the fitness and performance of this parasitoid”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1463–1533

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“tomato”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 8–14

Title

Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta

Angeliki Syropoulou; Joel González-Cabrera; Judit Arnó; et al. Biological Control 2025. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105719

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Intervention effect Honeydew from Bemisia tabaci enhanced parasitoid fitness and performance.
Intervention effect Tomato guttation did not affect parasitoid fitness.
Intervention effect Tomato guttation negatively affected parasitoid parasitism.
Observation Tomato guttation was poor in carbohydrates and proteins.
Recommendation The authors identify honeydew as a potential food source for integrated pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Honeydew from Bemisia tabaci enhanced parasitoid fitness and performance.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: honeydewse0
Interactor: parasitoide0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: fitness and performancee0
Direction: enhancede0

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“both honeydews enhanced the fitness and performance of this parasitoid”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1463–1533

t0
“tomato”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 8–14

Title

Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta

Angeliki Syropoulou; Joel González-Cabrera; Judit Arnó; et al. Biological Control 2025. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2025.105719

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Honeydew from Myzus persicae enhanced parasitoid fitness and performance.
Intervention effect Tomato guttation did not affect parasitoid fitness.
Intervention effect Tomato guttation negatively affected parasitoid parasitism.
Observation Tomato guttation was poor in carbohydrates and proteins.
Recommendation The authors identify honeydew as a potential food source for integrated pest management.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Parasitoid (Cotesia melanoscelus) performance did not vary in relation to CO2 environment (ambient versus elevated).

Taxon: Cotesia melanosceluse2
Treatment: CO[sub 2] environmente0
Outcome: Parasitoid performancee3
Direction: not in relatione0
Comparator: ambiente1

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“not in relation to CO[sub 2] environment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 882–922

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“grown under ambient or elevated CO[sub 2] conditions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 225–277

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“the parasitoid Cotesia melanoscelus”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 151–186

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“Parasitoid performance varied”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 814–843

Title

Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide: Effects on tritrophic interactions

Sherry Roth; Richard L. Lindroth Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; (United States) 1994. doi:10.1007/bf02776422

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Intervention effect Parasitized gypsy moth larvae fed tree foliage on all diets grew more slowly than control larvae.
Intervention effect Parasitized gypsy moth larvae had reduced food processing efficiencies relative to control larvae.
Intervention effect The magnitude of growth suppression of parasitized gypsy moth larvae was greater under elevated CO2 than under ambient CO2.
Association Parasitoid (Cotesia melanoscelus) performance varied in relation to host plant species.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Field parasitoid performance did not differ statistically between sole and intercropped plots.

Taxon: brinjalSolanum melongenat0
Treatment: intercropped plote0
Outcome: parasitoid performancee0
Direction: no statistical differencee0
Comparator: sole crope0
Setting: field experimente0

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“In the field experiment using sentinel egg card technique no statistical difference in parasitoid performance between the sole crop and intercropped plot was observed”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 545–711

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“brinjal”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 137–144

Title

Effect of coriander Coriandrum sativum L. on parasitization behaviour of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera) in brinjal ecosystem

P. Dominic Manoj; G. Ravi ENTOMON 2019. doi:10.33307/entomon.v44i2.442

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Intervention effect Under free choice, brinjal with coriander at 1:1 had the most parasitized eggs, 29.48 per card.
Observation Under no choice, brinjal had 20.88 parasitized eggs per card.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesimulated

Claim · model-written summary

Attack by the native generalist parasitoid had a larger influence on how effectively the agent reduced invader performance.

Taxon: Centaurea solstitialisCentaurea solstitialise0
Treatment: attack by the native generalist parasitoide1
Interactor: Eustenopus villosusEustenopus villosuse0biocontrol_agent
Second interactor: Pyemotes triticiPyemotes triticie0other
Outcome: how effectively the agent reduced invader performancee1
Direction: largere1

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“the biocontrol agent Eustenopus villosus (a seed predator) on the invasive, annual weed Centaurea solstitialis, both with and without the generalist parasitoid Pyemotes tritici”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 565–741

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“attack by the native generalist parasitoid had a larger influence over how effectively the agent reduced invader performance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2153–2277

Title

Variable effects of a generalist parasitoid on a biocontrol seed predator and its target weed

Sarah M. Swope; William H. Satterthwaite Ecological Applications 2011. doi:10.1890/10-2120.1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Parasitoid performance was reduced under high drought stress.

Taxon: parasitoidse0
Treatment: high drought stress treatmente0
Outcome: performancee0
Direction: reducede0

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“the parasitoids only responded consistently to the high drought stress treatment, on which their performance was reduced”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1725–1845

Title

The effects of drought stress and type of fertiliser on generalist and specialist herbivores and their natural enemies

Muhammad Shehzad; Asim Gulzar; Joanna T. Staley; et al. Annals of Applied Biology 2020. doi:10.1111/aab.12654

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Intervention effect Brevicoryne brassicae performance was maximized under organic fertilizer and medium drought.
Intervention effect Myzus persicae performance was maximized under organic fertilizer and medium drought.
Observation The strongest drought and fertilizer effects cascaded to parasitoid performance.
Association Parasitoid performance broadly followed aphid-host performance across fertilizer types.
Observation Some smaller fertilizer effects on aphids were absent in parasitoids.
Intervention effect Aphid performance peaked under medium drought stress.
Association Drought-by-fertilizer interactions had small effects on aphid performance relative to main effects.
Association Drought-by-fertilizer interactions had small effects on parasitoid performance relative to main effects.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 67% in parasitoid performance (emergence, the second of the three measures)

Taxon: potatoSolanum tuberosume2
Treatment: Tamaron SL600e1
Interactor: Aphidius matricariaeAphidius matricariaee0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: parasitoid performancee1
Direction: increasee1
Value: 67e1

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“evaluated against peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and its parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 181–290

e1
“increase of about 22, 67 and 47% respectively were found in parasitoid performance with Tamaron SL600”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1318–1419

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“on Cardinal and Desiree (respectively partially resistant and susceptible potato cultivars to M. persicae)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 291–397

Title

Differential Susceptibilities of Peach-potato Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its Parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera; Aphidiidae) to Foliar Insecticides on Partially Resistant and Susceptible Potato Cultivars

A.U.R. Saljoqi; H.F.van Emden Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 2003. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2003.386.393

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Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was about 30% more effective than the other insecticides in reducing aphid populations on potato
Intervention effect The highest doses of each insecticide caused maximum aphid mortality on potato
Association Aphid mortality increased with insecticide dose on potato
Intervention effect Almost all higher and lower insecticide doses were about 19% more effective on Cardinal than on Desiree
Association At the lower doses, insecticide and plant resistance showed a synergistic interaction, the most significant result
Intervention effect The second highest dose on Cardinal gave the same level of control as the highest dose on Desiree
Intervention effect The lowest dosage rate on Cardinal gave the same control level as the next higher dose on Desiree
Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was least toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae for percent parasitism, emergence of parasitoids and mature eggs
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 22% in parasitoid performance (percent parasitism, the first of the three measures)
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 47% in parasitoid performance (mature eggs, the third of the three measures)
Intervention effect The highest doses of all insecticides were clearly toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae
Association Effects of the insecticides on the parasitoid increased with dose
Intervention effect Maximum yield was obtained from the second highest dose of Sumicidin (super) 5EC on potato

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 22% in parasitoid performance (percent parasitism, the first of the three measures)

Taxon: potatoSolanum tuberosume2
Treatment: Tamaron SL600e1
Interactor: Aphidius matricariaeAphidius matricariaee0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: parasitoid performancee1
Direction: increasee1
Value: 22e1

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“evaluated against peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and its parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 181–290

e1
“increase of about 22, 67 and 47% respectively were found in parasitoid performance with Tamaron SL600”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1318–1419

e2
“on Cardinal and Desiree (respectively partially resistant and susceptible potato cultivars to M. persicae)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 291–397

Title

Differential Susceptibilities of Peach-potato Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its Parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera; Aphidiidae) to Foliar Insecticides on Partially Resistant and Susceptible Potato Cultivars

A.U.R. Saljoqi; H.F.van Emden Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 2003. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2003.386.393

Other claims from this paper (13)

Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was about 30% more effective than the other insecticides in reducing aphid populations on potato
Intervention effect The highest doses of each insecticide caused maximum aphid mortality on potato
Association Aphid mortality increased with insecticide dose on potato
Intervention effect Almost all higher and lower insecticide doses were about 19% more effective on Cardinal than on Desiree
Association At the lower doses, insecticide and plant resistance showed a synergistic interaction, the most significant result
Intervention effect The second highest dose on Cardinal gave the same level of control as the highest dose on Desiree
Intervention effect The lowest dosage rate on Cardinal gave the same control level as the next higher dose on Desiree
Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was least toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae for percent parasitism, emergence of parasitoids and mature eggs
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 67% in parasitoid performance (emergence, the second of the three measures)
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 47% in parasitoid performance (mature eggs, the third of the three measures)
Intervention effect The highest doses of all insecticides were clearly toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae
Association Effects of the insecticides on the parasitoid increased with dose
Intervention effect Maximum yield was obtained from the second highest dose of Sumicidin (super) 5EC on potato

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 47% in parasitoid performance (mature eggs, the third of the three measures)

Taxon: potatoSolanum tuberosume2
Treatment: Tamaron SL600e1
Interactor: Aphidius matricariaeAphidius matricariaee0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: parasitoid performancee1
Direction: increasee1
Value: 47%e1

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e0
“evaluated against peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and its parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 181–290

e1
“increase of about 22, 67 and 47% respectively were found in parasitoid performance with Tamaron SL600”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1318–1419

e2
“on Cardinal and Desiree (respectively partially resistant and susceptible potato cultivars to M. persicae)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 291–397

Title

Differential Susceptibilities of Peach-potato Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its Parasitoid Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera; Aphidiidae) to Foliar Insecticides on Partially Resistant and Susceptible Potato Cultivars

A.U.R. Saljoqi; H.F.van Emden Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 2003. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2003.386.393

Other claims from this paper (13)

Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was about 30% more effective than the other insecticides in reducing aphid populations on potato
Intervention effect The highest doses of each insecticide caused maximum aphid mortality on potato
Association Aphid mortality increased with insecticide dose on potato
Intervention effect Almost all higher and lower insecticide doses were about 19% more effective on Cardinal than on Desiree
Association At the lower doses, insecticide and plant resistance showed a synergistic interaction, the most significant result
Intervention effect The second highest dose on Cardinal gave the same level of control as the highest dose on Desiree
Intervention effect The lowest dosage rate on Cardinal gave the same control level as the next higher dose on Desiree
Intervention effect Sumicidin (super) 5EC was least toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae for percent parasitism, emergence of parasitoids and mature eggs
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 22% in parasitoid performance (percent parasitism, the first of the three measures)
Intervention effect Tamaron SL600 was associated with an increase of about 67% in parasitoid performance (emergence, the second of the three measures)
Intervention effect The highest doses of all insecticides were clearly toxic to the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae
Association Effects of the insecticides on the parasitoid increased with dose
Intervention effect Maximum yield was obtained from the second highest dose of Sumicidin (super) 5EC on potato

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