Claim · #6492951
Insecta (class) · pest pressure · Nicotiana tabacum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“methoprene, is used for control of flies…stored food and tobacco pests”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 86
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Methoprene is a well-documented IGR used against stored-product and tobacco insects; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Methoprene is a well-documented IGR (juvenile hormone analog) used against stored-product and tobacco insects; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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