Claim · #6492663
Ostrinia nubilalis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ranks as one of the most destructive pests of corn”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 125
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is well-documented as a major corn pest in the US; larval tunneling in stems/ears causing structural damage and ear drop is textbook ECB biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a well-documented major corn pest in the US; larval tunneling in stems and ears causing physiological disruption and ear drop is biologically accurate and stage-consistent.”
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