Claim · #6496096
Pseudococcidae (family) · pest pressure · Abelmoschus manihot
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Shoot boring worms, leafhoppers, small black flea beetles, leaf rolling worms, aphids and mealybugs attack slippery cabbage.”
- Source
- How to Grow Slippery Cabbage
- Authors
- Tutua J., Joshi R.C., Wang J.-F., Javier E., Luther G., Ladota'a J., Sala J., Maivin J., Amiki R., Ho'ota M., Sulifoa J.B., Wame L.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, Solomon Islands Project Office
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) are common Malvaceae pests; source supports the claim.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Mealybug pressure on slippery cabbage is plausible and the source explicitly lists them.”
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