Claim · #6492893
Phenacoccus manihoti · herbivory · Manihot esculenta
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“In dry years, however, when water stress affected photosynthesis, losses were higher and were compounded by higher mealybug populations”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 61
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. manihoti is a well-documented cassava pest; drought-stress amplifying mealybug damage is consistent with classical IPM literature and the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phenacoccus manihoti is a well-documented cassava pest; drought-stress increasing mealybug population outbreaks and yield losses is consistent with established IPM literature on this species.”
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