Claim · #6492427
Helicoverpa zea · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Helicoverpa zea 8-10 larvae/m row”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 79
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea is a well-documented polyphagous pest of soybean foliage and pods in the US; EILs expressed as larvae/m row are standard IPM metrics consistent with R3–R7 staging.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea is a well-documented soybean pest (pod borer) in the US; larval threshold of 8-10/m row aligns with published EIL references for pod stages.”
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