Claim · #6493495
Spissistilus festinus · pest pressure · Glycine max
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Spissistilus festinus, girdle soybean stems, thus destroying conductive tissues”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 267
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Spissistilus festinus (threecornered alfalfa hopper) is well-documented as a phloem-feeding hemipteran that girdles soybean stems, disrupting conductive tissue; source quote supports the structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spissistilus festinus (threecornered alfalfa hopper) is a well-documented stem-girdling membracid pest of soybean in the US; source quote directly supports stem/conductive tissue damage fields.”
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