AgroEco

Claim · #6492111

Delia radicum · pest pressure · Raphanus sativus

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“continuous food supply for the...cabbage maggot”
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
103

AI critic verdicts

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Delia radicum (cabbage maggot) is a well-documented root pest of Brassicaceae including Raphanus sativus; larval root-feeding damage and host suitability are established entomological fact.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Delia radicum is a well-documented pest of Raphanus sativus roots; radish as alternate host providing season-long food resource for cabbage maggot is biologically consistent with its brassicaceous host range.”

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