Claim · #6493447
Eriosoma lanigerum · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Primary injury... is caused by root feeding, which causes stunting of growth”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 443
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is well-documented feeding on apple roots and wounds, causing galls and stunting; source quote directly supports root-feeding and growth stunting claims.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is well-documented as a root and wound-feeding aphid on Malus domestica; source quote supports stunting via root feeding, consistent with structured fields.”
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