Claim · #6492464
Metopolophium dirhodum · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“conventional winter wheat exhibited larger infestation of Metopolophium dirhodum than organic counterparts”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Metopolophium dirhodum is a well-documented cereal aphid pest of Triticum aestivum foliage in summer UK conditions; conventional vs. organic infestation differences are consistent with plant nutrition literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Metopolophium dirhodum is a well-documented aphid pest of wheat foliage; higher infestations on conventional vs. organic wheat aligns with published nitrogen/amino-acid hypotheses in aphid host-plant literature.”
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