Claim · #6492446
Lepidoptera (order) · pest pressure · Prunus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“methyl bromide for control of lepidopterous pests in stone fruits”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 89
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Methyl bromide is a documented broad-spectrum fumigant historically used in postharvest stone fruit treatment against lepidopterous pests; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Methyl bromide is a well-documented broad-spectrum fumigant historically used against Lepidoptera (e.g., Cydia, Grapholita) in stone fruits; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
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