Claim · #6494787
Anthonomus grandis · herbivory · Gossypium spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“control of the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis; Dickerson, 1986)”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mass trapping with grandlure aggregation pheromone is an established component of US cotton boll weevil eradication/IPM programs, especially as part of the BWEP integrated approach.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis aggregation-pheromone (grandlure) traps deployed at high density have demonstrably suppressed boll weevil populations and are integral to the US Boll Weevil Eradication Program.”
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