Claim · #6492461
Brevicoryne brassicae · herbivory · Brassica oleracea
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“conventionally fertilised monoculture consistently developed larger infestation of cabbage aphids”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Brevicoryne brassicae on Brassica oleracea is well-documented; higher aphid loads on conventionally fertilised (high-N) plants vs. organic systems is consistent with plant-nitrogen/aphid-performance literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Brevicoryne brassicae on Brassica oleracea foliage is well-documented; higher aphid abundance in high-N conventional systems matches established plant-mediated nutrition hypotheses.”
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