Claim · #6492732
Melanoplus femurrubrum · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pest also feeds on small grains and corn, and when populations are high, attacks almost any plant”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 176
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Melanoplus femurrubrum is a well-documented polyphagous grasshopper pest in the US; foliage herbivory on corn and small grains during vegetative stages is consistent with known biology.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Melanoplus femurrubrum is a well-documented polyphagous grasshopper in the US; foliage herbivory on corn during vegetative stage is consistent with source quote and field literature.”
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