Abstract
The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), is a pest of graminaceous crops in the southern USA, including sugarcane, maize, and rice. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of silicon (Si) soil amendments on performance of sugarcane borer, D. saccharalis, on two rice cultivars, Cocodrie and XL723. There was a significant increase in the Si content of rice plants supplemented with calcium silicate as compared to non-treated plants. Soil Si amendment led to lower relative growth rates (RGRs) and reduced boring success of sugarcane borer larvae. Effects of soil Si amendments on borer success and RGR appeared to be more pronounced in 'Cocodrie', the cultivar relatively susceptible to borers, than in the moderately resistant cultivar, XL723. Soil Si amendment may contribute to the management of D. saccharalis through reduced feeding injury and increased exposure to adverse environmental conditions and natural enemies arising from reduced boring success.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium silicate increased rice silicon content versus untreated plants.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0 - Treatment
- calcium silicatee0
- Outcome
- Si contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- non-treated plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“There was a significant increase in the Si content of rice plants supplemented with calcium silicate as compared to non-treated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil silicon amendment lowered sugarcane borer larval relative growth rates.
- Taxon
- Diatraea saccharalis
Diatraea saccharalist0 - Treatment
- Soil Si amendmente0
- Interactor
- sugarcane borerDiatraea saccharalise0pest
- Outcome
- relative growth rates (RGRs)e0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Soil Si amendment led to lower relative growth rates (RGRs) and reduced boring success of sugarcane borer larvae”
t0“Diatraea saccharalis”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil silicon amendment reduced sugarcane borer larval boring success.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Treatment
- Soil Si amendmente0
- Interactor
- sugarcane borerDiatraea saccharalise0pest
- Outcome
- boring success of sugarcane borer larvaee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil Si amendment led to lower relative growth rates (RGRs) and reduced boring success of sugarcane borer larvae”
t0“rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Amendment effects on borer growth and success appeared stronger in Cocodrie than XL723.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Material
- Cocodriee0
- Treatment
- soil Si amendmentse0
- Interactor
- borerse0pest
- Outcome
- borer success and RGRe0
- Direction
- more pronouncede0
- Comparator
- XL723e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Effects of soil Si amendments on borer success and RGR appeared to be more pronounced in 'Cocodrie', the cultivar relatively susceptible to borers, than in the moderately resistant cultivar, XL723”
t0“rice”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggested silicon amendment for management of D. saccharalis.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Interactor
- D. saccharalisDiatraea saccharalise0pest
- Outcome
- management of D. saccharalise0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil Si amendment may contribute to the management of D. saccharalis through reduced feeding injury and increased exposure to adverse environmental conditions and natural enemies arising from reduced boring success”
t0“rice”
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