AgroEco

Claim · #6494904

Aphis craccivora · pest pressure · Vigna unguiculata

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“A. craccivora was the most preferred ... prey”
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

    “Aphis craccivora is the principal aphid of cowpea across tropical agroecosystems and its high acceptability to Indian syrphid predators is widely reported.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “A. craccivora as the most preferred syrphid prey on Vigna unguiculata is consistent with Indian field-survey and prey-preference studies.”

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