Claim · model-written summary
Heavier levels of slug damage reduced maize yield.
- Treatment
- heavier levels of slug damagee5
- Interactor
- sluge5pest
- Outcome
- maize yielde5
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede5
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“Feeding by slugs on maize imposes variable productivity costs but can induce compensatory growth under some conditions”
e5“heavier levels of slug damage can have the expected negative influence on maize yield”
Title
John F. Tooker; Matthew T. Boucher; John M. Wallace; et al. Pest Management Science 2025. doi:10.1002/ps.70148
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation Slug damage and mechanical damage to young maize plants are largely similar.
- Intervention effect Low levels of slug damage induce compensatory growth in young maize plants.
- Intervention effect Low levels of slug feeding positively influenced maize yield in field research in central Pennsylvania.