Claim · #6492496
Frankliniella occidentalis · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“lower densities of leafhoppers and thrips”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 47
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Frankliniella occidentalis is a well-documented pest of Vitis vinifera; source quote mentioning 'lower densities of leafhoppers and thrips' with cover crops in California vineyards supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Frankliniella occidentalis is a well-documented thrips pest of Vitis vinifera; cover crop habitat supporting natural enemies reducing thrips densities in CA vineyards is biologically consistent.”
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