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Claim · #6494839

Helicoverpa armigera · herbivory · Cajanus cajan

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Pod borer infestation in pigeon pea was reduced when the larvae of C. carnea were released”
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
156

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Helicoverpa armigera is the canonical pod borer of Cajanus cajan in South Asia and Chrysoperla carnea inundative releases are a documented, if variable, biocontrol tactic.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “H. armigera as the dominant pod-borer of pigeon pea and C. carnea larvae as oophagous/early-instar predators are both well-established; the vulnerability tagging is correct.”

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