Claim · #6492675
Acrosternum hilare · pest pressure · Glycine max
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“nymphs and adults pierce pods and feed directly on the seeds”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare is a well-documented piercing-sucking pest of soybean pods/seeds in the US; source quote directly supports affected_part and damage_type fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare is a well-documented soybean pest; both nymphs and adults are phytophagous and pierce pods/seeds during reproductive stages, causing seed shriveling.”
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