Claim · model-written summary
Virus infected seeds had lower ash content.
- Taxon
- cowpeas
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Outcome
- ash contentse0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“while the ash contents were lower”
t0“commercial cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata)”
Title
Cowpea viruses: Quantitative and qualitative effects of single and mixed viral infections
M. A. Taiwo; Olajide Joseph Akinjogunla AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2006. doi:10.4314/ajb.v5i19.55845
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Inoculation at 10 DAP caused shorter plants than inoculation at 28 DAP.
- Intervention effect Single virus inoculation at 10 DAP reduced plant height 19-34%.
- Intervention effect Double virus inoculation at 10 DAP reduced plant height 31-46%.
- Intervention effect Triple virus inoculation at 10 DAP reduced plant height 42-53%.
- Intervention effect Viral infection reduced pod and seed numbers.
- Intervention effect Triple virus inoculation at 10 DAP produced the fewest pods and seeds.
- Intervention effect Virus treated plants had lower seed protein, 24.8-28.9%, than control plants at 28.5-30.4%.
- Intervention effect Triple virus inoculation at 10 DAP gave the least seed protein, 24.8-27.1%.
- Intervention effect Virus infected seeds had slightly higher carbohydrate, fat, and moisture content.
- Association Commercial cowpea cultivars were more severely affected by viral treatments.