Claim · #6492497
Meligethes aeneus · pest pressure · Brassica napus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pollen feeding of the adults inhibits pod and seed development, leading to economically important crop damage”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 56
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Meligethes aeneus is well-documented as a primary Brassica napus pest; source quote directly supports bud/pod damage via adult pollen feeding during spring flowering.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Adult Meligethes aeneus feeding on Brassica napus buds/flowers causing pod loss is well-documented; source quote correctly attributes damage to adult stage pollen feeding.”
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