AgroEco

Claim · #6494775

Delia radicum · herbivory · Brassica oleracea

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Nets have been shown to offer protection to cauliflowers against Delia radicum”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Insect-exclusion netting on cauliflower against Delia radicum is a standard physical-barrier IPM tactic widely used in northwest European brassica production.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Fine-mesh exclusion netting effectively blocks adult D. radicum oviposition on Brassica oleracea — well-documented field practice.”

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