Claim · #6493634
Bemisia tabaci · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“migrates to cotton in April and May”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 555
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci is a well-documented polyphagous pest of cotton and cucurbits; seasonal host-plant migration to cotton in spring aligns with California's documented whitefly phenology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci is a well-documented pest of both cucurbits and cotton, and seasonal host-plant migration in California's spring planting calendar is biologically consistent with known whitefly movement patterns.”
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