Claim · #6494901
Brevicoryne brassicae · pest pressure · Brassica oleracea
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Eupeodes confrater ... Brevicoryne brassicae”
- 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
- 232
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Brevicoryne brassicae is a canonical brassica specialist and a major pest of cabbage worldwide, and Eupeodes/Episyrphus syrphids are documented predators in Indian agroecosystems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cabbage aphid as a high-severity leaf pest of Brassica oleracea with winter pressure and syrphid predators including Eupeodes confrater is supported by standard brassica IPM literature.”
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