Claim · #6494903
Toxoptera aurantii · pest pressure · Camellia sinensis
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“abundance of Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) in the tea fields at Valparai”
- 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
- 237
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Toxoptera aurantii is a recognized leaf-feeding pest of tea in southern India, including Valparai/Anamalai plantations, with year-round pressure on flush leaves.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Black citrus / tea aphid abundance on Camellia sinensis in southern Indian tea fields is documented in regional entomological surveys.”
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