Claim · #6495547
Conopomorpha cramerella · pest pressure · Theobroma cacao
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“higher incidence of pests such as pod borers”
- Source
- Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment
- Authors
- Gassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- CIFOR-ICRAF
- Page
- 138
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Conopomorpha cramerella (cacao pod borer) is the major Southeast Asian cacao pest; pod-feeding larvae match the affected_part.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Heavy shade microclimate is documented to elevate pod borer pressure in cacao; consistent with canopy-management literature.”
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