Claim · #6493226
Pterochloroides persicae · pest pressure · Prunus dulcis
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“an aphid attacking fruit trees, particularly peach and almond”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 96
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pterochloroides persicae (brown peach aphid) is a known phloem-feeding pest of Prunus spp. including almond; source quote directly supports the crop-pest pairing.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pterochloroides persicae (brown peach aphid) is a known Aphididae pest of Prunus spp. including almond; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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