Claim · #6496040
Polyphagotarsonemus latus · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leaves curling downwards; growing point and young leaves are bronzed and stunted”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Sweet Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-775)
- Authors
- Shieh H., Lin S., Lin L., Sheu Z., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 10
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Polyphagotarsonemus latus broad mite causes characteristic downward leaf curl, bronzing of growing points and corky fruit on pepper.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Broad mite (Tarsonemidae) symptomology on pepper—downward curl, bronzed apex, corky fruit—is textbook and host range correct.”
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