AgroEco

Claim · #6493586

Pectinophora gossypiella · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“have been used successfully against the pink bollworm in cotton”
Authors
Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
Year
2009
Publication
Pearson Prentice Hall
Page
496

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Pectinophora gossypiella is a well-documented primary pest of Gossypium hirsutum bolls; mating disruption via synthetic pheromone dispensers is a validated IPM strategy confirmed by source quote.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Pectinophora gossypiella is a well-documented boll-damaging lepidopteran pest of Gossypium hirsutum; mating disruption via synthetic pheromone dispensers is a validated IPM strategy confirmed by the source quote.”

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