Claim · #6493448
Eriosoma lanigerum · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“'Winter Majetin' apples were reported resistant to the woolly apple aphid”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 442
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is a well-documented sap-sucking pest of Malus domestica affecting roots and shoots; 'Winter Majetin' resistance is historically cited in apple breeding literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid) is a well-documented Malus domestica pest; root/bark herbivory and varietal resistance records are biologically consistent with this aphid's known biology.”
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