Claim · #6493229
Aphis gossypii · pest pressure · Abelmoschus esculentus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“highly infested food plants were Abelmoschus esculentus”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 97
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented polyphagous pest on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus); source quote directly supports the structured claim of high infestation.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented polyphagous pest of okra; source quote directly supports 'highly infested' classification on Abelmoschus esculentus.”
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