Claim · #6492208
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Phaseolus vulgaris
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Diabrotica spp. (leaf beetles) in beans can be greatly reduced by interplanting both crops”
- 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
- 165
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. are confirmed bean foliage herbivores; intercropping-mediated reduction is biologically consistent with associational resistance and disruption of host-finding.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. as foliar pests of Phaseolus vulgaris is well-established; intercropping with maize reducing Diabrotica pressure is consistent with documented associational resistance in bean-corn polycultures.”
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