AgroEco

Claim · #6496098

Lepidoptera (order) · herbivory · Abelmoschus manihot

herbivory · 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

    “Lepidoptera larvae causing leaf-rolling herbivory on Abelmoschus is biologically reasonable; source quote directly supports.”

  • horticulturist · plausible

    “Source supports leaf-rolling caterpillar damage on slippery cabbage leaves; affected_part and damage_type align.”

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