Claim · #6495572
Bemisia tabaci · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“foliar phloem feeding by white fly (Bemisia tabaci) on sweet pepper”
- Source
- The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health
- Authors
- Berendsen R.L., Pieterse C.M.J., Bakker P.A.H.M.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Trends in Plant Science
- Page
- 483
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci phloem-feeding on sweet pepper foliage is well-documented; structured fields match quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“B. tabaci is a confirmed phloem-feeding hemipteran pest of Capsicum; classification and damage type accurate.”
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