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Claim · #6494859

Aphis gossypii · pest pressure · Abelmoschus esculentus

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Abelmoschus esculentus (Lady's finger or Bhindi)”
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
193

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aphis gossypii (cotton/melon aphid) is a major okra pest in tropical vegetable production; the host record matches source.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “A. gossypii host range definitively includes Abelmoschus esculentus; canonical pest-host pairing.”

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