Claim · #6492731
Melanoplus femurrubrum · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“defoliate legumes and feed on pods of soybean, exposing the seeds to pathogens”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 176
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Melanoplus femurrubrum is a documented polyphagous grasshopper pest of legumes including soybean; foliage/pod herbivory causing seed exposure is biologically consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Melanoplus femurrubrum is a well-documented polyphagous grasshopper pest of legumes in the US; defoliation and pod feeding on soybean are consistent with its biology and the source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
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