Claim · #6495173
Chilo partellus · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“push-pull system reduced stem borer damage in maize”
- Authors
- Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Global Food Security
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chilo partellus high-severity stem borer on maize in East Africa, addressed by push-pull, is canonical (Kfir et al. 2002).”
- entomologist · plausible
“Chilo partellus (Crambidae) larvae bore maize stems causing severe damage in Kenya—textbook crop_vulnerabilities entry.”
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