AgroEco

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Bemisia tabaci · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Bemisia tabaci in cotton that resulted in equal crop yields”
Source
Economic Value of Biological Control in Integrated Pest Management of Managed Plant Systems
Authors
Naranjo S.E., Ellsworth P.C., Frisvold G.B.
Year
2015
Publication
Annual Review of Entomology
Page
32.8

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Bemisia tabaci is a confirmed major cotton pest in Arizona with established conservation biocontrol IPM programs.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “B. tabaci is a documented high-impact cotton pest; phloem-feeder primarily on leaves; Arizona IPM literature is robust.”

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