AgroEco

Claim · #6495600

Agriotes obscurus · herbivory · Fragaria x ananassa

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“43% mortality rate from wireworms”
Source
Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
Authors
Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J.
Year
2016
Publication
ATTRA / National Center for Appropriate Technology IP125

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Wireworm root damage causing high seedling mortality in strawberry is documented.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Agriotes obscurus larvae (wireworms) are known root pests causing seedling mortality.”

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