Claim · #6495599
Lygus spp. · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lygus bugs away from cotton fields”
- Source
- Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
- Authors
- Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- ATTRA / National Center for Appropriate Technology IP125
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus bugs are recognized cotton pests damaging squares and bolls.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lygus spp. are major piercing-sucking pests of cotton bolls/squares in the US.”
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