Claim · #6493628
Bemisia tabaci · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Moderate damage can occur in citrus, grapes”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 555
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci is a well-documented polyphagous pest; its classification as causing moderate damage to Citrus sinensis is biologically consistent and supported by the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci is a documented pest of citrus in the US; source quote directly names citrus with moderate damage, matching structured fields.”
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