Claim · #6494759
Phenacoccus manihoti · herbivory · Manihot esculenta
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“control of cassava mealybug with the parasitoid Epidinocarsis lopezi”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cassava mealybug damage to growing tips and the IITA-led Africa-wide classical biocontrol programme (Herren & Neuenschwander) is one of the most thoroughly documented agroecological success stories.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phenacoccus manihoti feeds on apical meristems and young leaves, severity is high, and the classical biocontrol programme history is well-attested.”
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