Claim · #6492674
Acrosternum hilare · pest pressure · Gossypium spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“sap is removed from immature seeds. The punctures cause shedding of small bolls”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare is a documented piercing-sucking pest of cotton bolls in the US; source quote aligns with structured fields on boll shedding and seed damage.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare is a documented piercing-sucking pest of cotton bolls in the US; boll shedding and seed/lint damage from stylet feeding on immature seeds is well-established biology consistent with source quote.”
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