Claim · #6495126
Melanaspis glomerata · pest pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Melanaspis glomerata (Diaspididae) infesting sugarcane”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 298
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Melanaspis glomerata (sugarcane scale, Diaspididae) infesting sugarcane stems in India is a documented vulnerability with high local severity in Indian sugarcane systems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Melanaspis glomerata is a recognized armored scale (Diaspididae) attacking Saccharum officinarum stems in the Indian subcontinent.”
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