Claim · #6493526
Anthonomus grandis grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lint and cottonseed losses between 1909 and 1949 averaged $203 million annually”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 351
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis is the canonical major cotton pest in the US; source quote directly supports the $203M annual loss figure and reproductive-stage herbivory on squares and bolls.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis damaging cotton squares and bolls is well-established; source quote directly supports the $203M annual loss figure and affected crop parts.”
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