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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