Claim · #6494873
Aspidiotus destructor · pest pressure · Carica papaya
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Carica papaya (Papaya or Papita)”
- 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
“Carica papaya is among the broad polyphagous host range of Aspidiotus destructor in tropical agroecosystems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Papaya is a documented host of the polyphagous coconut scale; the moderate-severity observational tier is appropriate for a non-primary host.”
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