Claim · #6492528
Anthonomus grandis grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, which destroys cotton squares and bolls”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 23
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis feeding on cotton squares and bolls is textbook IPM knowledge; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis feeding on cotton squares and bolls is a well-documented high-severity herbivory interaction; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
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