Claim · #6494948
Tetranychus urticae · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“controlling the most abundant spider mite pest, such as T. urticae”
- 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
- 262
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetranychus urticae is a globally documented polyphagous pest of apple orchards, particularly under hot/dry conditions and broad-spectrum acaricide disruption.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Two-spotted spider mite is one of the most common and damaging tetranychid pests of Malus domestica worldwide, well-documented in pome-fruit IPM literature.”
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