Claim · #6495095
Spodoptera frugiperda · herbivory · Oryza sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cereal crops like rice, wheat and maize, are the most affected”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 271
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) is a documented invasive pest of cereals in India since 2018, with wheat as a confirmed secondary host alongside its primary maize host.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. frugiperda (Noctuidae) larvae feed on wheat foliage; Indian outbreaks on wheat are reported in CABI/ICAR literature, and 'high severity' is consistent with its broad cereal damage profile.”
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