Claim · #6492668
Mayetiola destructor · pest pressure · Triticum aestivum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Winter wheat is injured in the spring when maggots feed between the leaf sheath and the stem”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 131
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor larvae (maggots) feeding between leaf sheath and stem on winter wheat in spring is well-established biology; stage and damage site are correctly described.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor larvae (maggots) feeding between leaf sheath and stem of wheat in spring is well-documented; all structured fields align with source quote and established IPM literature.”
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