Claim · #6495795
Tetranychidae (family) · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“presence of these cover crops increased early season activity of predatory mites”
- 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
“Tetranychidae spider mites are common grape pests; cover crops conserving phytoseiid predatory mites is well-documented in California viticulture.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spider mites are arachnids (mites), correctly tagged; leaf-feeding on grapes during summer matches biology, though technically not insects.”
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