Claim · #6494778
Leptinotarsa decemlineata · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rotations have been shown to be effective against the Colorado potato beetle”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crop rotation delaying Leptinotarsa decemlineata colonization with effectiveness scaling with spatial separation (>0.5 km) is consistent with Weisz, Smilowitz and Hoy rotation-distance studies.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Walking and short-flight dispersal of overwintered L. decemlineata adults makes spatial rotation distance (~0.5 km) a documented determinant of rotation efficacy; oviposition delay on rotated potato is supported.”
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