Claim · #6495601
Maruca vitrata · herbivory · Vigna unguiculata
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pod-boring Maruca vitrata away from such crops as cowpeas, pigeon peas, and soybeans”
- 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
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Maruca vitrata is a well-known pod borer of legume crops globally.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Maruca vitrata larvae bore pods of cowpea, pigeonpea, and soybean — classic pest.”
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