Claim · #6495794
Myzus persicae · pest pressure · Lactuca sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Green peach aphid on lettuce”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 30
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Myzus persicae is a polyphagous lettuce pest; sweet alyssum interplanting to support aphid parasitoids is documented in California.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Green peach aphid (Aphididae) feeding on lettuce foliage during vegetative stage is correct; insect classification accurate.”
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