Claim · #6493114
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae · herbivory · Vitis vinifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphids not only induced galls on the small roots, they also multiplied quickly and sucked the nutrients out of the roots”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 30
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is the correct scientific name for grape phylloxera; root galling and nutrient destruction on Vitis vinifera is well-documented and historically catastrophic in France.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is a hemipteran (Phylloxeridae), not a true aphid, but its root-galling herbivory on Vitis vinifera is well-documented; source quote supports root feeding and gall induction.”
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