Claim · #6493463
Nilaparvata lugens · pest pressure · Oryza sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“rice cultivars deficient in asparagine cause reduced fecundity in the brown planthopper”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 449
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Asparagine is a key phloem amino acid for BPH nutrition; cultivar-based deficiency reducing BPH fecundity is well-documented in host-plant resistance literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Asparagine is a key phloem amino acid for planthopper nutrition; cultivar-level deficiency reducing BPH fecundity is well-supported in rice resistance literature.”
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