Claim · #6492360
Ostrinia nubilalis · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“yield loss per European corn borer tunnel per plant”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 73
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis larval tunneling in Zea mays causing yield loss is well-established; the 0.028 bu/tunnel/plant magnitude is consistent with published ECB economic threshold literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“O. nubilalis larval tunneling in Zea mays causing quantifiable yield loss is well-established IPM literature; 0.028 bu/tunnel/plant is consistent with published ECB loss estimates.”
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