Claim · #6493536
Plutella xylostella · herbivory · Brassica oleracea
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“head cabbage in Indiana... intermittent applications of water”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 363
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Plutella xylostella is a well-documented high-severity foliar pest of Brassica oleracea; sprinkler irrigation as physical knockdown is a known IPM tactic consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Plutella xylostella larvae are indeed the damaging stage on Brassica leaves; overhead/sprinkler irrigation as a physical IPM tactic against DBM is documented and biologically coherent.”
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