Claim · #6492536
Empoasca fabae · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, inject toxins that influence the plant's physiology”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 23
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is well-documented as a toxic-saliva injector causing 'hopperburn' on potato; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented phytotoxic feeder on potato; salivary toxins causing 'hopperburn' and yield loss are established entomological facts consistent with source quote.”
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