Claim · #6493424
Zea mays · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Late-planted tomatoes can be heavily infested by moths that move from the succeedingly less attractive corn”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 371
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea host-switching from maturing corn to late-season tomato is well-documented in US IPM literature; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism and effect direction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea host-switching from maturing corn to late-season tomato is a well-documented IPM phenomenon; source quote supports the mechanism and effect direction.”
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