Claim · #6493368
Pyrilla perpusilla · pest pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“damage reported up to 28% in potential sugarcane yield”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Pyrilla perpusilla is a well-documented hemipteran pest of sugarcane in India; yield losses via phloem-feeding and sooty mold from honeydew are biologically consistent with the stated figures.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pyrilla perpusilla is a well-documented phloem-feeding leafhopper pest of sugarcane in India; honeydew-associated sooty mould reducing photosynthesis and sucrose content is biologically consistent with the source quote and severity classification.”
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