Claim · #6493440
Anthonomus grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phosmet is also used against two important weevils, the boll weevil on cotton”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis damaging cotton bolls/squares at high severity is textbook IPM; source quote directly confirms phosmet use against boll weevil on cotton.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis is a well-documented major pest of Gossypium hirsutum, feeding on bolls and squares during the reproductive stage; phosmet use against it is historically established in US cotton IPM.”
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