AgroEco

Claim · #6494781

Aphis gossypii · herbivory · Arachis hypogaea

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Aphis gossypii showed a similar but even greater response”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aphis gossypii showing a stronger optomotor response to widely spaced groundnut is consistent with the general aphid landing-rate-vs-vegetation-cover literature underpinning intercropping pest-suppression theory.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Aphis gossypii is a polyphagous aphid known to be attracted to high-contrast bare-soil/plant visual targets, and differential trap catches by spacing are well-documented in the aphid-vector spacing trials.”

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