Claim · #6492741
Anticarsia gemmatalis · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“one of the most significant soybean pests in the western hemisphere”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 201
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anticarsia gemmatalis is a well-documented major soybean defoliator in the Americas; severity 'very serious' and affected parts 'leaves, stems' align with its larval feeding biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anticarsia gemmatalis is well-documented as a major soybean defoliator in the Americas; larval feeding on leaves/stems during vegetative-to-reproductive stages is biologically consistent.”
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