Claim · #6493423
Medicago sativa · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Movement of the bugs into cotton is particularly heavy after alfalfa fields have been clipped for hay”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 373
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus migration from clipped alfalfa into adjacent cotton is a well-documented IPM phenomenon in western US; source quote directly supports the mechanism and effect direction.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus mass migration from clipped alfalfa into adjacent cotton is a well-documented field phenomenon in western US agroecosystems; source quote directly supports the mechanism.”
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