Claim · #6493549
Eriophyes tulipae · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wheat curl mite (Eriophyes tulipae)”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 355
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Volunteer wheat serves as a green bridge for Eriophyes tulipae between seasons; destroying it is a well-established IPM practice reducing mite populations.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Volunteer wheat serves as a green bridge host for Eriophyes tulipae between seasons; destroying it is a well-established IPM practice to reduce mite populations.”
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