Claim · #6492160
Scirpophaga spp. · herbivory · Oryza sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“This practice is partly an attempt to avoid damage by rice stem borers”
- 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
- 127
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Scirpophaga spp. stem borers are major rice pests; single-cropping as a cultural IPM tactic to escape borer pressure is well-documented and biologically coherent.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Single-crop-per-year scheduling as cultural IPM to reduce Scirpophaga population buildup is well-documented; source quote directly supports the extracted_claim.”
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