Claim · #6492846
Ostrinia nubilalis · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitism by all three combined rarely exceeds 30 percent”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a well-documented major corn pest in the US; combined parasitism rates rarely exceeding 30% is consistent with published biological control literature for this species.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a well-documented major pest of Zea mays in the US; the ≤30% combined parasitism figure is consistent with published IPM literature on ECB biological control limitations.”
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