Claim · #6492424
Glycine max · herbivory · Epilachna varivestis
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Epilachna varivestis on soybeans (Dobrin and Hammond, 1983, 1985)”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 85
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Epilachna varivestis is a well-documented herbivore of legumes including soybean; EIL thresholds for adults+larvae on soybean foliage and pods are consistent with established IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Epilachna varivestis is a well-documented phytophagous coccinellid pest of legumes including soybean; both adults and larvae feed on foliage and pods, and EIL thresholds cited are consistent with published IPM literature.”
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