Claim · #6493533
Endopiza viteana · herbivory · Vitis vinifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spring plowing is recommended to cover overwintering cocoons of the grape berry moth”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 361
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Endopiza viteana overwinters as pupae in cocoons under bark/debris near trellis bases; spring soil cultivation to bury cocoons is a documented IPM tactic consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Endopiza viteana overwinters as pupae in cocoons under bark/debris/trellises; spring plowing to bury cocoons is a documented IPM practice consistent with the source quote.”
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