Claim · #6494784
Delia radicum · herbivory · Brassica napus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“regression slope of the relationship between the number of pupae and plant density for swede differed”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crop-species-specific slopes of pupae vs density across Brassica hosts (swede vs cabbage vs cauliflower vs Brussels sprouts) are an expected outcome given differing host volatile profiles and root mass per plant.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Differential Delia radicum oviposition across Brassica hosts (including B. napus swede) is documented; regression-slope differences across hosts are consistent with host-quality-mediated pest density-response curves.”
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