Claim · #6492572
Nezara viridula · herbivory · Phaseolus vulgaris
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“it injures soybeans, peas, beans, cotton, tomato, pecan, citrus, and other crops”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Nezara viridula is a well-documented piercing-sucking pest of soybean pods/seeds; source quote confirms soybean as a host, consistent with structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Nezara viridula is a well-documented piercing-sucking pest of soybean pods/seeds; source quote confirms soybean host association, consistent with all structured fields.”
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