Claim · #6493642
Pectinophora gossypiella · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“invading populations of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, in California cotton”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 583
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pink bollworm is a well-documented high-severity boll pest of Gossypium hirsutum; carbaryl-induced secondary outbreaks are a classic IPM case study consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pectinophora gossypiella is a well-documented boll-feeding pest of Gossypium hirsutum; its California invasion history and carbaryl-induced secondary outbreaks are consistent with known IPM literature.”
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