Claim · #6495890
Lygus hesperus · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bemisia tabaci, Lygus hesperus ... cotton ... Generalist predators”
- 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
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus is a recognized cotton pest in the western US, targeted by conservation biocontrol approaches.”
- entomologist · plausible
“L. hesperus damages cotton squares/bolls (fruit) via piercing-sucking; high-impact western US pest classification is correct.”
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