Claim · #6493470
Mayetiola destructor · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Larvae feed between the leaf sheath and stalk, causing stunted and weakened plants”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 455
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor larvae feed between leaf sheath and stem, causing characteristic stunting — consistent with well-established Hessian fly biology and the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor is a well-documented high-severity wheat pest; larval feeding between leaf sheath and stalk causing stunting is textbook-accurate and matches the source quote.”
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