Claim · #6492371
Sitobion avenae · pest pressure · Triticum aestivum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“directly reduces the supply of assimilates in the developing grain reducing the yield by 14%”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 51
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sitobion avenae is a well-documented grain aphid feeding on wheat ears during grain fill, with UK studies confirming direct yield losses around 14% via phloem feeding at glume bases.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Sitobion avenae is a well-documented grain aphid infesting wheat ears; phloem feeding at glume bases reducing assimilate supply and ~14% yield loss aligns with established UK IPM literature.”
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