Claim · #6492525
Megachile rotundata · pollination · Medicago sativa
pollination · effect: beneficial
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leafcutter bees, Megachile rotundata, are managed to improve alfalfa pollination and seed production”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 21
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Megachile rotundata is the well-established managed pollinator of Medicago sativa for seed production in the US; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Megachile rotundata is the well-established managed pollinator of Medicago sativa for seed production; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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