Claim · #6493491
Empoasca fabae · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“one of the most important alfalfa pests in the eastern and north-central United States”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 279
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae causing hopperburn and reducing leaf protein in alfalfa during summer vegetative growth is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented, economically significant leafhopper pest of Medicago sativa, with hopperburn and protein loss being established damage symptoms in eastern/north-central US.”
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