Claim · #6496084
Callosobruchus spp. · pest pressure · Vigna unguiculata
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Monitor the seeds at regular intervals for pulse beetle (Callosobruchus sp.) infestation.”
- Source
- How to Grow Cowpea
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Bulletin
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Callosobruchus is the dominant stored-cowpea bruchid; post-harvest stage and seed damage correctly captured.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Callosobruchus maculatus/chinensis on stored cowpea seeds is textbook bruchid biology; classification correct.”
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