Claim · #6493492
Empoasca fabae · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“this pest is capable of feeding on numerous other host species, including soybean and potato”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 279
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented polyphagous leafhopper pest of potato and soybean in the US; source quote directly supports the structured host claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented polyphagous leafhopper pest in the US, with soybean and potato confirmed as host species in entomological literature.”
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