Claim · #6493583
Anthonomus grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, in cotton”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 484
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis is the canonical cotton boll weevil pest; herbivory on fruiting bodies (squares/bolls) and use of diflubenzuron/SIT in US eradication programs are well-documented.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis is the canonical cotton boll weevil; high-severity herbivory on fruiting bodies (squares/bolls) in US cotton is textbook IPM knowledge, fully consistent with all structured fields.”
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