Claim · #6493596
Bactrocera cucurbitae · herbivory · Cucumis melo
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“isolated populations of the melon fly and oriental fruit fly have been eradicated”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 519
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bactrocera cucurbitae is a well-documented high-severity fruit pest of Cucumis melo; SIT eradication of isolated populations is established fact consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bactrocera cucurbitae is a well-documented tephritid fruit fly pest of Cucurbitaceae including melon; SIT eradication of isolated populations is established practice.”
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