Claim · #6492665
Helicoverpa zea · pest pressure · Gossypium spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Important crops attacked include corn, cotton, and tomatoes”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 128
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea is a well-documented polyphagous pest attacking cotton bolls and seeds during reproductive stages; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea is a well-documented polyphagous pest of cotton bolls/seeds, corn, and tomatoes; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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