Claim · #6492950
Mayetiola destructor · pest pressure · Poaceae (family)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“hydrogen phosphide for control of Hessian fly in hay”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 89
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hydrogen phosphide (phosphine) is a registered fumigant for stored grain/hay pests including Hessian fly; the pest, crop, and control method are biologically and agronomically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor (Hessian fly) is a well-documented economic pest of Poaceae; hydrogen phosphide (phosphine) fumigation is a recognized stored-product/commodity treatment consistent with hay pest control.”
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