Claim · #6493523
Ostrinia nubilalis · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“30,000 to 40,000 acres of corn against the European corn borer”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 337
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a well-documented high-severity stalk/ear herbivore of Zea mays; Trichogramma biocontrol and cultural controls are standard IPM; source quote corroborates large-scale corn borer management context.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a well-documented major lepidopteran pest of Zea mays stalks/ears; Trichogramma egg parasitoids and stalk shredding/deep plowing are established ECB IPM tactics.”
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