Claim · #6496049
Thysanoptera (order) · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“young leaves curling upwards; fruits netted with cork-like streaks”
- 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
“Thysanoptera rasping-sucking on pepper causes upward leaf curl and corky fruit netting; order-level designation broad but symptom set matches.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Thrips feeding produces upward leaf curl, silvery/corky scarring, and stunting on Capsicum; symptoms diagnostic at order level.”
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