Claim · #6494808
Tetranychus urticae · herbivory · Cucumis sativus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 315
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Two-spotted spider mite is a long-recognized major pest of greenhouse cucumber and is the canonical target for Phytoseiulus persimilis releases in Dutch protected cropping.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. urticae on Cucumis sativus under glass is one of the foundational pest-natural enemy systems in entomology; severity, leaf-feeding and year-round protected-crop seasonality are correct.”
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