Claim · #6492828
Pectinophora gossypiella · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pink bollworm is a major pest in almost all cotton growing areas”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 38
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pectinophora gossypiella is a well-documented major Gossypium hirsutum pest; larvae boring into bolls during fruiting is a textbook interaction fully consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pectinophora gossypiella larvae are well-documented internal feeders of cotton bolls, consistent with affected_part and larval stage role; global major pest status is accurate.”
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