AgroEco

Claim · #6494809

Trialeurodes vaporariorum · pest pressure · Cucumis sativus

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporarium)”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing
Page
315

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Trialeurodes vaporariorum is a primary greenhouse cucumber pest in Dutch protected cropping and a flagship target for Encarsia formosa augmentative biocontrol.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Greenhouse whitefly is a classic key pest of protected cucurbits; pest_pressure damage class, leaf habitat and year-round seasonality under glass are accurate.”

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