Busseola fusca · herbivory · Zea mays

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Sowing-date-driven escape from Busseola fusca infestation in Ethiopian highland maize, with near-total yield loss in late sowings, is consistent with phenological-mismatch IPM tactics widely reported for African stem borers.”

• entomologist · plausible

  “Busseola fusca is the dominant African maize stalk borer and date-of-planting trials in Ethiopia have repeatedly shown the steep loss gradient described, including near-100% loss with late-season sowing.”

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