Claim · #6496075
Helicoverpa armigera · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“The larvae make the holes on the flowers and fruits, and feed by thrusting their head inside”
- Source
- How to Grow Tomato
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, SRTT Project
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Leaflet (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa armigera larvae are well-known tomato fruit borers; quote directly supports flower/fruit feeding.”
- entomologist · plausible
“H. armigera larvae bore tomato fruits; stage (larva) correctly specified, role and direction correct.”
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