Abstract
The eggplant fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee), also known as EFSB, is anotorious major insect pest of eggplants. Researchers have been striving to find effective management strategies to reduce the population of this pest and achieve higher yields with minimal or no insecticide application. This study aimed to investigate the influence of intercropping eggplants with different repellent plants as a means to mitigate EFSB infestation, considering the heavy reliance on insecticides in eggplant production. The experiment followed a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with six treatments replicated three times.The treatments included lemongrass, oregano, marigold, a combination of repellent plants (lemongrass + oregano + marigold), farmers’ practice (methomyl), and the control (sole eggplant). Data analysis was conducted using analysis of variance, and the differences across treatment means were calculated using Tukey’s Honest Significant Difference. The results revealed that intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrass exhibited repellent effects on EFSB moths, leading to a significant reduction in the percentage of shoot damage. These findings suggest the potential utilization of intercropping with repellent plants as a more environmentally friendly approach, reducing the need for insecticide usage and potentially increasing farmers’ income.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Marigold intercropping repelled EFSB moths.
- Taxon
- eggplants
Solanum melongenae0 - Treatment
- marigolde0
- Interactor
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee
Leucinodes orbonalist0pest - Outcome
- repellent effects on EFSB mothse0
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Verbatim
e0“intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrass exhibited repellent effects on EFSB moths”
t0“Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee”
Claim · model-written summary
Oregano intercropping repelled EFSB moths.
- Taxon
- eggplantsSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- oreganoe0
- Interactor
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´eeLeucinodes orbonalist0pest
- Outcome
- repellent effects on EFSB mothse0
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Verbatim
e0“intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrass exhibited repellent effects on EFSB moths”
t0“Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee”
Claim · model-written summary
Lemongrass intercropping repelled EFSB moths.
- Taxon
- eggplantsSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- lemongrasse0
- Interactor
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´eeLeucinodes orbonalist0pest
- Outcome
- repellent effects on EFSB mothse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrass exhibited repellent effects on EFSB moths”
t0“Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee”
Claim · model-written summary
Repellent intercrops significantly reduced eggplant shoot damage.
- Taxon
- eggplantsSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrasse0
- Interactor
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´eeLeucinodes orbonalist0pest
- Outcome
- percentage of shoot damagee0
- Direction
- reductione0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“intercropping eggplants with marigold, oregano, and lemongrass exhibited repellent effects on EFSB moths, leading to a significant reduction in the percentage of shoot damage”
t0“Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen´ee”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest repellent intercropping as a more environmentally friendly management approach.
- Taxon
- eggplantsSolanum melongenae1
- Outcome
- intercropping with repellent plants as a more environmentally friendly approache0
- Qualifier
- potentially increasing farmers’ incomee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“potential utilization of intercropping with repellent plants as a more environmentally friendly approach, reducing the need for insecticide usage and potentially increasing farmers’ income”
e1“intercropping eggplants with different repellent plants”
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