AgroEco

Claim · #6493659

Plutella xylostella · herbivory · Brassica (genus)

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“significant resistance in field populations has been reported only for the diamondback moth”
Authors
Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
Year
2009
Publication
Pearson Prentice Hall
Page
572

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Plutella xylostella is the textbook case of field-evolved Bt resistance; source quote and structured fields align with well-documented global resistance records.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Plutella xylostella is the canonical example of field-evolved Bt resistance; source quote and extracted claim align with well-documented global resistance records.”

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