Claim · #6496153
Helicoverpa armigera · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Helicoverpa armigera...feed on tomato fruit”
- Source
- AVRDC Vegetable Insect Pests fact sheets (Helicoverpa armigera, Plutella xylostella, Liriomyza spp., Bactrocera spp., Thrips palmi)
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Publication
- AVRDC International Cooperators' Guide
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa armigera larval feeding on tomato fruit is a major Asian pest issue.”
- entomologist · plausible
“H. armigera larvae bore tomato fruit; stage-appropriate (larva, not adult); classification correct.”
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