Claim · #6493462
Acyrthosiphon pisum · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, on peas and alfalfa”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 455
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acyrthosiphon pisum is a well-documented pest of Medicago sativa; source quote explicitly lists alfalfa as a host, supporting the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Acyrthosiphon pisum is a well-documented aphid pest of Medicago sativa; biotype specificity on alfalfa is established in IPM literature.”
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