Claim · #6495355
Aphididae (family) · pest pressure · Capsicum annuum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pepper (Bell, Chili, Sweet) Tomato Pepino Aphids”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 15
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphids on Capsicum annuum (pepper) are well-documented globally; Myzus persicae and Aphis gossypii vector pepper viruses and damage foliage in tropical production including Guam.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pepper-aphid associations (Myzus persicae, Aphis gossypii) are textbook IPM content; family-level Aphididae assignment is appropriate for the source's general listing.”
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