Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower could function as a trap crop and decrease whitefly pressure on cotton.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Interactor
- B. tabaci MED
Bemisia tabacie1pest - Outcome
- sunflower could act as a trap crop for decreasing pest pressure on cottone0
Verbatim
e0“sunflower could act as a trap crop for decreasing pest pressure on cotton”
e1“B. tabaci MED on cotton”
Title
Xiao-ming ZHANG; Nian-wan YANG; Fang-hao WAN; et al. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2014. doi:10.1016/s2095-3119(13)60613-9
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Bemisia tabaci MED appeared on common ragweed about 10 days earlier than on cotton or other crops.
- Observation Bemisia tabaci MED appeared on piemarker about 10 days earlier than on cotton or other crops.
- Observation Peak whitefly densities on cotton spanned two to three weeks, beginning in early August 2010 or mid-August 2011.
- Observation Common ragweed adjacent to cotton supported the highest whitefly density, 12 to 22 fold above cotton.
- Observation Sunflower supported about 1.5 to 2 fold more whiteflies than cotton and more than the other plants.
- Association Weeds around cotton fields could increase Bemisia tabaci MED density on cotton.