Claim · #6493498
Ostrinia nubilalis · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“EUROPEAN CORN BORER: Egg masses/25 plants”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 247
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Egg-mass scouting per 25 plants is a standard IPM sampling unit for O. nubilalis in US corn, consistent with established economic thresholds tied to whorl/tassel feeding.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis monitoring via egg-mass counts per plant is standard IPM practice in US corn; whorl/stalk damage classification and threshold-based treatment are well-documented.”
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