Claim · #6493009
Chilo partellus · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larval and pupal periods shorter on susceptible than resistant maize”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 166
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Shorter larval/pupal periods on susceptible vs. resistant maize is a well-documented antibiosis mechanism; Chilo partellus as a stem-boring pest of Zea mays is taxonomically and ecologically sound.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Chilo partellus larvae boring maize stems is well-documented; shorter larval/pupal periods on susceptible vs. resistant hosts is a standard antibiosis resistance mechanism, biologically consistent.”
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