Claim · #6494791
Nephotettix spp. · herbivory · Oryza sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Nephotettix spp.”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Nephotettix spp. (green leafhoppers) are key rice pests and tungro virus vectors in Asia and are standard inclusions in rice pest-system interaction analyses.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Nephotettix virescens and N. nigropictus are the principal Asian rice green leafhoppers, established as both direct feeders and tungro vectors, and routinely included in rice pest-system models.”
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