Claim · #6493493
Pseudoplusia includens · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Larvae defoliate soybeans and can cause serious yield losses when outbreaks occur”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 277
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pseudoplusia includens is a well-documented soybean defoliator in the US; larval leaf feeding causing yield loss during reproductive stages is biologically consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pseudoplusia includens larvae are well-documented lepidopteran defoliators of soybean; larval herbivory on leaves causing yield loss is biologically consistent and source quote supports the structured fields.”
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