Claim · #6495602
Maruca vitrata · herbivory · Cajanus cajan
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pigeon peas”
- 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 pod-boring on pigeon pea is well-documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“M. vitrata is a primary pod borer of Cajanus cajan.”
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