Claim · #6493490
Empoasca fabae · pest pressure · Glycine max
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“they suck plant juices and can cause a leaf necrosis (hopperburn), especially in young plants”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 262
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented phloem-feeding leafhopper causing hopperburn necrosis on soybeans; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented phloem-feeding leafhopper causing hopperburn on soybeans and other crops in the US; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
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