Paper · 1974 · HortScience

Reduction of Pesticide Deposits on Pear Following Overtree Irrigation1

P. H. Westigard; Ulo Kiigemagi; P. B. Lombard

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Abstract

Abstract Overtree irrigation of pear trees following application of pesticides by speedsprayer resulted in lowering most insecticide deposits by 30-90%. Addition of a spreader sticker to pesticide sprays did not reduce pesticide loss.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Overtree irrigation lowered most insecticide deposits on pear trees by 30-90%.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise0
Treatment
Overtree irrigatione0
Outcome
insecticide depositse0
Direction
loweringe0
Value
30-90%e0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
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“Overtree irrigation of pear trees following application of pesticides by speedsprayer resulted in lowering most insecticide deposits by 30-90%.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Adding a spreader sticker did not reduce pesticide loss.

Taxon
pear treesPyrus communise1
Treatment
Addition of a spreader sticker to pesticide sprayse0
Outcome
pesticide losse0
Direction
did not reducee0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis · TaxonDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Addition of a spreader sticker to pesticide sprays did not reduce pesticide loss.”

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e1

“pear trees following application of pesticides”

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application · molecular: metabolites · Pyrus communis (pear)Positive and negative results

12 papers: 10 positive, 2 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper · 10 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
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  3. positive

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irrigation · molecular: metabolites · Pyrus communis (pear)Results agree

4 papers: 4 positive, 0 negative or no effect

3 papers in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
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