Claim · #6492805
Medicago sativa · pest pressure · Therioaphis maculata
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis maculata emerged the integrated pest control philosophy”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented aphid pest of Medicago sativa; the 1950s US IPM origin story for this pest is historically established.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented aphid pest of Medicago sativa; the 1950s IPM origin story is historically supported by California outbreaks driving integrated control development.”
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