Claim · #6492112
Insecta (class) · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“planting an entire region with genetically similar varieties could lead to disastrous attacks by either insect pests or diseases”
- 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
- 72
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly supports that genetic uniformity in monocultures increases vulnerability to insect pest attacks on cereals including maize — well-established agroecological principle.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Genetic uniformity reducing host resistance diversity, increasing vulnerability to insect pest outbreaks, is well-established entomological and IPM principle; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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