Claim · #6492582
Lygus hesperus · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lygus hesperus, is an important pest of alfalfa and cotton in the western United States”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 110
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus is a well-documented mirid pest of alfalfa and cotton in western US; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus is a well-documented phytophagous mirid bug and major economic pest of alfalfa and cotton in the western US; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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