Claim · #6493446
Mayetiola destructor · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“'Underhill' variety wheat resistant to the introduced Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 442
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor is a well-documented high-severity stem-feeding pest of Triticum aestivum; 'Underhill' resistance dating to 1792 is historically consistent with known early American wheat breeding records.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor is a well-documented introduced dipteran pest of wheat in the US; historical resistance reports circa 1792 for 'Underhill' wheat are consistent with documented entomological literature.”
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