Claim · #6493658
Mayetiola destructor · herbivory · Triticum (genus)
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“best-known examples of the phenomenon occurs in the Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 573
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hessian fly biotype virulence overcoming wheat resistance genes is a well-documented gene-for-gene interaction, consistent with the source quote and high-severity classification.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mayetiola destructor biotype virulence overcoming wheat resistance genes is one of the most documented gene-for-gene coevolution examples in entomology, consistent with source quote.”
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