Claim · #6495358
Aphididae (family) · pest pressure · Cucumis sativus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cucumbers Aphids Beetles Caterpillars”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 76
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphids on cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is well-documented; Aphis gossypii is the dominant cucurbit aphid vectoring CMV. Severity 'high' justified by virus transmission risk.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii on cucumber is a textbook IPM target; family-level Aphididae designation is appropriate for the source's malathion-control listing on foliage.”
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