Claim · #6493396
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Root rating schemes indicating the feeding of corn rootworms”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 237
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. larvae are well-documented root feeders on Zea mays in the US; source quote confirms root-feeding context, and affected_part='roots' matches larval biology.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. larvae are well-documented corn root feeders in the US; source quote confirms root rating schemes for rootworm feeding, consistent with all structured fields.”
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