Claim · #6492386
Aphis craccivora · pest pressure · Vigna unguiculata
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Infested ICV-1 seedlings also showed stunting and other growth deformities”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 56
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphis craccivora is a well-documented primary pest of Vigna unguiculata; stunting and growth deformities on seedlings via phloem feeding are consistent with known aphid damage mechanisms.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis craccivora is a well-documented phloem-feeding pest of Vigna unguiculata causing stunting and deformities; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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