Claim · #6493641
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“strain of western corn rootworms has been selected with the behavior of ovipositing in soybeans”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 573
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“The variant Diabrotica virgifera virgifera strain with soybean oviposition behavior is well-documented in Corn Belt IPM literature, consistent with structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“The variant WCR strain ovipositing in soybean fields is well-documented in Corn Belt IPM literature; larvae damage corn roots the following season, consistent with all structured fields.”
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