Claim · #6493216
Bromus catharticus · pest pressure · Hordeum vulgare
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“occurs on several grass species, especially prairie grass”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 95
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Metopolophium dirhodum is a documented polyphagous aphid on Poaceae; Bromus catharticus as alternative host bridging to barley is biologically consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Metopolophium dirhodum is a well-documented polyphagous cereal aphid with Rosaceae primary hosts and grass secondary hosts; Bromus spp. as alternative hosts is biologically consistent.”
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