Claim · #6492164
Epicauta pilme · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“peasants placed branches of Cestrum parqui in potato fields to repel Epicauta pilme beetles”
- 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
- 121
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cestrum parqui is a known toxic/aromatic shrub in Chile; peasant use of its branches as repellent against Epicauta pilme (a Chilean blister beetle pest of potatoes) is regionally coherent and consistent with the source quote.”
- soil-scientist · out_of_scope
“Claim involves plant-insect repellent interaction (pest management), not soil chemistry, nutrient cycling, or soil organisms; entomologist/agroecologist should evaluate.”
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