Abstract
The efficacy of the processed kaolin “Surround WP” to control olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae Gmelin, field infestations was investigated in east Calabria. The preliminary results showed that fruit infestation levels were significantly reduced on kaolin-treated trees compared with untreated trees. The promising results of these experiments points to the feasibility of using particle film technology composed of a non-toxic material, to avoid olive fly damage as an alternative to the applications of rotenone in organic orchards. Finally, kaolin treatment unaffected the nutritional and sensory quality parameters of the corresponding virgin olive oils obtained by a laboratory scale olive mill, thus satisfying the present quality requirements.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Kaolin treatment significantly reduced olive fruit infestation relative to untreated trees.
- Taxon
- olive
Olea europaeat0 - Treatment
- kaolin-treatede0
- Interactor
- Bactrocera oleae
Bactrocera oleaet0pest - Outcome
- fruit infestation levelse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- untreated treese0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit infestation levels were significantly reduced on kaolin-treated trees compared with untreated trees”
t0“olive fruits from Bactrocera oleae”
Claim · model-written summary
Kaolin treatment left nutritional and sensory quality parameters of virgin olive oil unaffected.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Treatment
- kaolin treatmente0
- Outcome
- nutritional and sensory quality parameterse0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“kaolin treatment unaffected the nutritional and sensory quality parameters of the corresponding virgin olive oils”
t0“olive oil quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered particle film technology feasible for avoiding olive fly damage in organic orchards.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Treatment
- particle film technologye0
- Interactor
- olive flyBactrocera oleaee0pest
- Outcome
- avoid olive fly damagee0
- Comparator
- applications of rotenonee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“feasibility of using particle film technology composed of a non-toxic material, to avoid olive fly damage as an alternative to the applications of rotenone in organic orchards”
t0“olive fruits”
The same questions in other papers
kaolin · quality: general · Olea europaea (common olive)Positive and negative results
1 in the opposite direction
- positive
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