Claim · #6494923
Tetranychus urticae · pest pressure · Multiple
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spider mites of the family Tetranychidae [e.g. Tetranychus urticae Koch”
- 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
- 246
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetranychus urticae is the textbook example of a globally important polyphagous spider mite pest across ornamentals, vegetables, fruit and field crops.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. urticae Koch is universally recognized as one of the most economically damaging tetranychid mite pests worldwide with hundreds of host plants documented.”
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