Claim · #6494821
Nesidiocoris tenuis · pest pressure · Sesamum indicum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“N. tenuis is reported as a pest on sesame”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 111
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“N. tenuis on Sesamum indicum in India is recorded in regional entomology literature (Ballal et al.; Indian Journal of Entomology) as a phytophagous pest of sesame, consistent with its zoophytophagous niche.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Sesame is a known minor host where N. tenuis behaves more phytophagously, complicating its dual role as biocontrol vs pest depending on the cropping context.”
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