Claim · #6496047
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 Chili Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-784)
- Authors
- Lin S., Shieh H., Lin L., Sheu Z., Kenyon L., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 10
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Tarsonemidae mite) on pepper causes downward leaf curl and bronzed growing tips; entity-role and symptoms align with literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Broad mite damage on Capsicum—downward curl, bronzing, corky fruit—is textbook; tarsonemid feeds on meristematic tissue causing exactly these symptoms.”
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