Claim · #6494814
Plutella xylostella · herbivory · Brassica oleracea
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“resistance in the Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella on crucifer crops in South-East Asia”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 330
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Plutella xylostella resistance to Bt (both sprays and Cry-protein-expressing crucifers) was first documented in Southeast Asia in the 1990s and is a canonical resistance-management case.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diamondback moth resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis on crucifers in Southeast Asia (notably Malaysia, Philippines) is the first widely-documented field resistance to Bt and remains a key IRM reference; severity and damage descriptors are correct.”
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