Claim · #6493381
Aleurodicus dispersus · pest pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Whiteflies feed on phloem sap and reduce the growth of their host plants”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 153
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly) is a known phloem-feeding pest on sugarcane and many hosts in India; leaf damage classification and moderate severity are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aleurodicus dispersus is a confirmed phloem-feeding pest on sugarcane and many hosts; sap-feeding on leaves causing growth reduction is biologically consistent with whitefly biology.”
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