Claim · #6493452
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae · herbivory · Vitis vinifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“a new biotype of the phylloxera (an asexual, totally root-inhabiting mutant) developed”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 442
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is a hemipteran (Phylloxeridae) root feeder on V. vinifera; biotype B overcoming AxR#1 rootstock in California 1980s-90s is well-documented entomological history.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae attacking V. vinifera roots at severe/herbivory level is well-established; the biotype B (California 1980s) event is historically documented and consistent with the source quote.”
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