Claim · #6495790
Plutella xylostella · pest pressure · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“diamond back moths (dbms). This resulted in minimal damage from dbm to cabbages”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Plutella xylostella as primary cabbage pest with collard trap-cropping is canonical brassica IPM (Florida/Mitchell et al.).”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diamondback moth larvae feed on Brassica leaves; collard trap-crop mechanism and taxonomy are correct.”
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