Claim · #6492211
Insecta (class) · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pest control with parasites and botanicals”
- 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
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is well-documented as highly pest-susceptible; use of parasitoids and botanical insecticides as IPM alternatives is standard agroecological practice, consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Biological control via parasitoids and botanical insecticides as IPM alternatives in cotton is well-documented; claim is vague but biologically consistent with the source quote.”
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