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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