Claim · #6493674
Lygus spp. · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“plant bugs, Lygus species, whereas the boll weevil”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 596
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus spp. are well-documented key cotton pests causing boll and square damage in western US; organism type, damage type, and affected parts are all consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lygus spp. are well-documented key cotton pests in western US, causing economic damage to squares and bolls via piercing-sucking herbivory, consistent with all structured fields.”
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