Claim · #6493496
Delia platura · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, which consumes the plumules of soybean seedlings”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 269
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Delia platura (seedcorn maggot) is a well-documented soil-dwelling dipteran pest of germinating soybean seeds and seedlings in the US, and plumule damage causing 'Y-plant' syndrome is consistent with established IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Delia platura larvae are well-documented feeders on germinating seeds and seedling tissue including growing points; plumule damage causing 'Y' plants is consistent with known seedcorn maggot injury symptoms.”
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