Claim · #6494032
Helicoverpa zea · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Ten years later the main pest was the bollworm”
- Authors
- Vandermeer J.H.
- Year
- 2009
- Page
- 224
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea as a primary cotton pest following pesticide-driven secondary pest resurgence in Central America is well-documented; source quote supports the structured claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa zea as a secondary pest becoming primary via pesticide-induced natural-enemy disruption is well-documented; the Nicaragua bollworm outbreak context is biologically consistent.”
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