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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