AgroEco

Claim · #6492617

Manduca spp. · pest pressure · Nicotiana tabacum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Studies of an integrated control system for hornworms on tobacco”
Authors
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
Year
2004
Publication
CSIRO Publishing
Page
94

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Manduca spp. (tobacco hornworms) are well-documented defoliating pests of Nicotiana tabacum; source quote directly matches the structured pest-crop vulnerability claim.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Manduca sexta and M. quinquemaculata are well-documented hornworm pests of Nicotiana tabacum; the claim of pest pressure is biologically consistent and source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

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