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Claim · #6495386

Bemisia tabaci · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Tomato Whiteflies Aphids Thrips”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Bemisia tabaci is a major tomato pest in tropical/subtropical regions including Guam; phloem-feeding plus TYLCV vectoring justify severity=high. damage_type=pest_pressure adequate.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “B. tabaci (Aleyrodidae) is canonical whitefly pest of Solanum lycopersicum; both nymphal and adult feeding occur on leaves. Direction subject/object correct.”

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