Claim · #6495915
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Cucumis sativus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Damage from beetles eating leaves, flowers, fruit, and roots”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. are well-documented cucumber pests damaging foliage, flowers, fruit, and roots; classification correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica adults/larvae cause exactly this damage profile on cucurbits; pest classification and herbivory direction correct.”
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