Claim · #6495353
Aphididae (family) · pest pressure · Solanum melongena
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fruiting Vegetables: Eggplant Okra Pepper Tomato Aphids”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 15
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphididae attacking eggplant in Guam fruiting-vegetable production is a well-established crop-pest relationship; source quote lists eggplant alongside aphids in Guam extension bulletin.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Multiple aphid species (Myzus persicae, Aphis gossypii) are documented eggplant pests; Aphididae family-level designation is appropriate for the source's general listing on foliage.”
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