Claim · #6494953
Tetranychus bastosi · herbivory · Jatropha curcas
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“T. bastosi infesting physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)”
- 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
- 266
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetranychus bastosi is a documented spider mite pest of Jatropha curcas in Brazilian biofuel plantings, with the source quote directly stating the host association.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. bastosi infestations on physic nut (Jatropha curcas) are reported in Brazilian acarology literature; species-host association is verifiable.”
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