Claim · #6493615
Cerotoma trifurcata · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pod feeding usually is the most significant injury caused by the bean leaf beetle”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 546
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Cerotoma trifurcata is a well-documented soybean pest; second-generation adult pod feeding during R5-R8 causing seed/pod damage is consistent with established IPM literature for the US.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cerotoma trifurcata is a well-documented soybean pest in the US; second-generation adults feeding on pods during R5-R8 causing seed quality loss and pod drop is consistent with IPM literature.”
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