Claim · #6492739
Ostrinia nubilalis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“degree-day requirements for certain activities of the European corn borer”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 205
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis larvae boring into Zea mays stalks/ears is textbook IPM knowledge; degree-day models for ECB management are well-established in US extension literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis larvae are well-documented stalk borers of Zea mays; degree-day models for ECB management are standard IPM tools in the US.”
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