Claim · #6494872
Aspidiotus destructor · pest pressure · Cocos nucifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cocos nucifera (Coconut or Nariyal)”
- 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
- 194
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aspidiotus destructor on Cocos nucifera is the eponymous host association and a major pest in tropical coconut-producing regions globally.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coconut scale on coconut is the type host association; leaves and fruits are the canonical infestation sites.”
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