Claim · #6493639
Leptinotarsa decemlineata · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“no labeled insecticides effective against the Colorado potato beetle on over 44 percent of the potato acreage”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 567
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leptinotarsa decemlineata is a well-documented, highly insecticide-resistant defoliator of Solanum tuberosum; the source quote directly supports the structured claim about US acreage resistance by 1994.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Leptinotarsa decemlineata is well-documented as among the most insecticide-resistant insects; the 1994 resistance statistic is consistent with published IPM literature on this pest.”
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