Claim · #6496154
Plutella xylostella · pest pressure · Brassica oleracea
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Plutella xylostella...cabbage”
- 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
“Diamondback moth is the most damaging global Brassica pest; well-supported.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Plutella xylostella larvae feeding on Brassica leaves; stage-appropriate, taxonomically correct.”
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