Claim · #6493660
Helicoverpa armigera · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Budworms Helicouerpaarmigera”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 563
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“H. armigera attacking cotton bolls during fruiting is textbook IPM; high severity and herbivory on bolls are well-supported classifications globally.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa armigera is a well-documented high-severity boll-feeding pest of cotton with globally notorious insecticide resistance; source quote naming it as a budworm/bollworm is consistent.”
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