Claim · #6496027
Helicoverpa armigera · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“TFB (= tomato fruit borer): record number of TFB damaged fruits”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Tomato Variety Field Trials (#11-751)
- Authors
- Hanson P., Lin L., Luther G.C., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Chen C., Lin C., Sheu Z., Lu S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa armigera is a well-documented major tomato fruit borer; classification and herbivory direction are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“H. armigera larvae are established tomato fruit borers; invertebrate classification and fruiting-stage damage are accurate.”
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