Claim · #6493431
Mayetiola destructor · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“females lay eggs on the leaves of early-sown wheat”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor ovipositing on leaves of early-sown Triticum aestivum in fall, with fly-free date escape strategy, is textbook IPM — source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor females ovipositing on leaves of early-sown winter wheat seedlings in fall, with fly-free date escape strategy, is well-documented IPM practice in the US.”
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