Abstract
Organic pesticides can be excellent alternatives to chemical pesticides. They occupy an important place in the plant protection sector. Evaluation of the efficacy was conducted using an alginate from seaweed (organic insecticide) and two organic fertilizers (highly concentrated complex organic fertilizer and natural CO2 fertilizer), used alone and in combinations to control major pests in alfalfa seed production such as alfalfa seed chalcid Bruchophagus roddi Guss., alfalfa plant bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus Goeze and pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harr. We conducted field trials during three growing seasons. Treatments were carried out at the beginning of the flowering stage in second regrowth. The seaweed alginate had high efficacy and excellent control on the three insect species density one week after treatment (over 80%), while the complex organic fertilizer exhibited insecticidal action against pests and its effect exceeded 60% seventy days after treatment and provided a medium level of control. The mix of the two organic products provided the highest efficacy and long-lasting effects on the three insect species and additive effects were observed. The combination realized the highest seed yield and an increase of 29.7%. Treatment with organic products is suitable for organic farming.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed alginate controlled alfalfa seed chalcid density by over 80% one week after treatment.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- seaweed alginatee0
- Interactor
- Bruchophagus roddi Guss.Bruchophagus roddie1pest
- Outcome
- insect species densitye0
- Direction
- controle0
- Value
- over 80%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The seaweed alginate had high efficacy and excellent control on the three insect species density one week after treatment (over 80%)”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
e1“alfalfa seed chalcid Bruchophagus roddi Guss.”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed alginate controlled alfalfa plant bug density by over 80% one week after treatment.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- seaweed alginatee0
- Interactor
- Adelphocoris lineolatus Goeze
_Adelphocoris_lineolatus_on_Bryonia_cretica.jpg?width=60)
Adelphocoris lineolatuse1pest - Outcome
- insect species densitye0
- Direction
- controle0
- Value
- over 80%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Adelphocoris_lineolatus_on_Bryonia_cretica.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“The seaweed alginate had high efficacy and excellent control on the three insect species density one week after treatment (over 80%)”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
e1“alfalfa plant bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus Goeze”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed alginate controlled pea aphid density by over 80% one week after treatment.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- seaweed alginatee0
- Interactor
- Acyrthosiphon pisum Harr.
-PLoS.jpg?width=60)
Acyrthosiphon pisume1pest - Outcome
- insect species densitye0
- Direction
- controle0
- Value
- over 80%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
-PLoS.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“The seaweed alginate had high efficacy and excellent control on the three insect species density one week after treatment (over 80%)”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
e1“pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harr.”
Claim · model-written summary
Complex organic fertilizer controlled pests by over 60% seventy days after treatment.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- complex organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- insecticidal action against pestse0
- Direction
- controle0
- Value
- 60%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the complex organic fertilizer exhibited insecticidal action against pests and its effect exceeded 60% seventy days after treatment and provided a medium level of control”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined organic products gave the highest and longest lasting pest control with additive effects.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- mix of the two organic productse0
- Outcome
- efficacy and long-lasting effects on the three insect speciese0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The mix of the two organic products provided the highest efficacy and long-lasting effects on the three insect species and additive effects were observed”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination increased seed yield by 29.7%.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- combinatione0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 29.7%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combination realized the highest seed yield and an increase of 29.7%”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered organic product treatment suitable for organic farming.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- Treatment with organic products is suitable for organic farminge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment with organic products is suitable for organic farming”
t0“alfalfa grown for seeds”
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