Claim · #6493489
Diuraphis noxia · pest pressure · Triticum aestivum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“developed by F. Du Toit for Russian wheat aphids, Diuraphis noxia, on winter wheat”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 260
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diuraphis noxia is a well-documented high-severity aphid pest of Triticum aestivum; F. Du Toit's South African ET work on this species is a recognized IPM reference.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diuraphis noxia is a well-documented high-severity aphid pest of Triticum aestivum, and F. Du Toit's economic threshold work for RWA on winter wheat in South Africa is an established entomological reference.”
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