Claim · #6492527
Tetranycus urticae · herbivory · Various crops (spp.)
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), which injures many crops in dry climates”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“T. urticae is a well-documented polyphagous herbivorous mite; its outbreak severity under hot, dry conditions is a textbook agroecological fact consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetranychus urticae is a well-documented polyphagous pest mite; herbivory on crops intensifying under dry/drought conditions is entomologically established. Source quote supports the structured fields.”
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