Claim · #6492565
Thrips tabaci · herbivory · Allium cepa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“onion thrips, Thrips tabaci, attacking onions, melons, and other garden crops”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 108
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Thrips tabaci is a well-documented polyphagous pest of Allium cepa and cucurbits; source quote directly supports the structured fields and host range.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Thrips tabaci is a well-documented polyphagous pest of Allium cepa and cucurbits including melons; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
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