Claim · #6492110
Delia antiqua · pest pressure · Allium cepa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“problem of emerging flies after onions are harvested...cull onions becomes a major issue”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 104
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Delia antiqua (onion maggot) pupating in cull onions post-harvest as a reinfestation source is well-documented in IPM literature; 'major' severity and Michigan context are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Delia antiqua ovipositing on post-harvest cull onions as a reinfestation source is well-documented in IPM literature, consistent with the source quote and Michigan regional context.”
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