Claim · #6493507
Empoasca fabae · herbivory · Medicago sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“potato leafhoppers, Empoasca fabae, which may move into soybean”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented alfalfa pest in the US that disperses to adjacent crops like soybean after cutting; source quote supports the dispersal behavior.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae is a well-documented alfalfa pest in the US that disperses to adjacent crops like soybean upon cutting; source quote supports the dispersal claim.”
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