Claim · #6493473
Therioaphis maculata · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leaves to become curled and yellowed plants are severely stunted and often die”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 471
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented high-severity pest of Medicago sativa; leaf curling, yellowing, stunting, and plant death are canonical damage symptoms confirmed by the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented high-severity pest of Medicago sativa; toxicogenic feeding causing curling, yellowing, stunting, and plant death is consistent with established biology.”
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