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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