Claim · #6493683
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, and the western corn rootworm”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 601
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Western corn rootworm larvae are the canonical root-pruning, lodging-causing pest of continuous corn in the US Corn Belt; all structured fields are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica virgifera virgifera larvae are well-documented root-feeding pests of continuous corn causing root pruning and lodging; stage (larva) matches damage type correctly.”
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