Claim · model-written summary
Cotton yield decreased 40% in check west versus 1992.
Verbatim
e0“a 40% decrease in check west”
e1“increase in yield in the program area”
e2“as compared to 1992”
t0“Cotton”
Title
Control of Sweepotato (Silverleaf) Whitefly, Bemisia Tabaci, on Cotton in Paloma, Arizona
Osama El‐Lissy; Larry Antilla; R. T. Staten; et al. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) 1994
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Adult whiteflies were significantly higher in check east than in the program area by twofold.
- Intervention effect Adult whiteflies were significantly higher in check west than in the program area by sixfold.
- Intervention effect Whitefly eggs were threefold higher in check east.
- Intervention effect Whitefly eggs were 39-fold higher in check west.
- Intervention effect Whitefly nymphs were significantly threefold higher in check east.
- Intervention effect Whitefly nymphs were significantly 60-fold higher in check west.
- Observation Cotton yield increased approximately 20% in the program area versus 1992.
- Observation Cotton yield increased 5% in check east versus 1992.
- Recommendation The authors recommend an area-wide strategy using edge treatment and field sampling for whitefly control.