Claim · #6493457
Helicoverpa zea · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Helicoverpa zea, an important pest of many field and garden crops”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 448
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea is a well-documented polyphagous pest of cotton (bollworm) and other crops in the US; source quote supports the extracted claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea (bollworm/corn earworm) is a well-documented high-severity lepidopteran pest of Gossypium hirsutum, attacking bolls and foliage; source quote and structured fields align.”
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