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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