Claim · #6492228
Lepidoptera (order) · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cotton and maize, have resistance to insect attack by stem borers and ear worms”
- Authors
- Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Cambridge University Press
- Page
- 79
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bt maize targeting lepidopteran stem borers (e.g., Ostrinia, Diatraea) and earworms (Helicoverpa/Spodoptera) with ~20% refuge requirements is well-established IPM/resistance-management doctrine.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bt maize targeting lepidopteran stem borers (e.g., Busseola fusca, Ostrinia nubilalis) and ear worms (Helicoverpa/Spodoptera) is well-established; ~20% refuge requirement is standard IRM practice.”
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