Claim · #6494874
Ferrisia virgata · pest pressure · Manihot esculenta
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Ipomoea batatas (Sweet potato), Manihot esculenta (Cassava)”
- 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
“Ferrisia virgata is a highly polyphagous mealybug recorded on Manihot esculenta and Ipomoea batatas in tropical mixed-cropping systems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Striped mealybug feeds on cassava stems and on sweet potato; both records are well-supported in the mealybug host catalogue.”
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