Claim · #6494798
Delia platura · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“seed corn maggots, Delia platura (Hammond, 1995)”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 302
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Delia platura is a well-known seed/seedling pest of soybean and other legumes, particularly in cool wet planting conditions.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Seedcorn maggot (Anthomyiidae) larvae feed on germinating Glycine max seeds; classic stand-establishment pest with Hammond as an authoritative source.”
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