Abstract
The intensive application of pesticides has multiple negative effects on soil health and plants quality and production. Many crops such as Cucumber, is an economically important crop which have many health benefits, is suffering from harmful infestation with variant phytophagous insect pests such as Aphis gossypii, Bemisia tabaci and Liriomyza trifolii. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate the impact of two types of insecticide application on plant and soil properties. Therefore, the population densities of aphid, whitefly and leafminer infesting cucumber and two associated predators (lady beetle and green lacewing) were investigated under seed and foliar treatments of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Results indicated that the three studied insect pests reduced in each of foliar or seed treatments compared to control in almost sampling dates in the two seasons. Seed treatment delayed the appearance of the previous insect pests by 2 to 3 weeks by insignificant difference with foliar treatment in the two seasons. The use of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam as seed treatment with very low application rate will provide the farmers with an additional tool of IPM for control aphid, whitefly and leafminer on cucumber plants with less environmental effect and increased applicator and consumer safety compared to foliar application. In addition, seed treatment was less dangerous on predators than foliar one. As well as, it is concluded that the first insecticidal spray can replace by seed treatment to control the infestation in early plant stage. Moreover, the foliar application caused negative impact on soil properties. Consequently, the seed application was friendlier environment and more economics than foliar application on cucumber pest infection and soil health.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or seed insecticide treatment reduced cucumber aphid density relative to control across almost all sampling dates.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse1 - Treatment
- foliar or seed treatmentse0
- Interactor
- aphide1pest
- Outcome
- aphide1
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the three studied insect pests reduced in each of foliar or seed treatments compared to control in almost sampling dates in the two seasons”
e1“aphid, whitefly and leafminer infesting cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or seed insecticide treatment reduced cucumber whitefly density relative to control across almost all sampling dates.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- foliar or seed treatmentse0
- Interactor
- whiteflye1pest
- Outcome
- whiteflye1
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the three studied insect pests reduced in each of foliar or seed treatments compared to control in almost sampling dates in the two seasons”
e1“aphid, whitefly and leafminer infesting cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or seed insecticide treatment reduced cucumber leafminer density relative to control across almost all sampling dates.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- foliar or seed treatmentse0
- Interactor
- leafminere1pest
- Outcome
- leafminere1
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the three studied insect pests reduced in each of foliar or seed treatments compared to control in almost sampling dates in the two seasons”
e1“aphid, whitefly and leafminer infesting cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment delayed pest appearance by 2 to 3 weeks, with no significant difference from foliar treatment.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- Seed treatmente0
- Outcome
- appearance of the previous insect pestse0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Value
- 2 to 3 weekse0
- Comparator
- foliar treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed treatment delayed the appearance of the previous insect pests by 2 to 3 weeks by insignificant difference with foliar treatment in the two seasons”
e1“aphid, whitefly and leafminer infesting cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment was less dangerous to predators than foliar treatment.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- seed treatmente0
- Interactor
- lady beetlee1other
- Second interactor
- green lacewinge1other
- Outcome
- dangerous on predatorse0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- foliar onee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed treatment was less dangerous on predators than foliar one”
e1“two associated predators (lady beetle and green lacewing)”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar insecticide application negatively affected soil properties.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- foliar applicatione0
- Outcome
- soil propertiese0
- Direction
- negative impacte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the foliar application caused negative impact on soil properties”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend seed treatment as an integrated pest management option for aphid, whitefly, and leafminer on cucumber.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- imidacloprid and thiamethoxam as seed treatmente0
- Outcome
- control aphid, whitefly and leafminere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam as seed treatment with very low application rate will provide the farmers with an additional tool of IPM for control aphid, whitefly and leafminer on cucumber plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend replacing the first insecticidal spray with seed treatment for early plant stage infestation.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- early plant stagee0
- Outcome
- the first insecticidal spray can replace by seed treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the first insecticidal spray can replace by seed treatment to control the infestation in early plant stage”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed application was judged more environmentally friendly and economical than foliar application.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Outcome
- friendlier environment and more economicse0
- Direction
- friendliere0
- Comparator
- foliar applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the seed application was friendlier environment and more economics than foliar application on cucumber pest infection and soil health”
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