Claim · #6496234
Aleurodicus dispersus · pest pressure · Manihot esculenta
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“This whitefly has a very wide host range, such as...cassava”
- Source
- Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets
- Authors
- Tsatsia H., Jackson G.
- Publication
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Solomon Islands / IPPSI
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cassava is a documented host of Aleurodicus dispersus in tropical Pacific contexts; classification consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spiraling whitefly readily colonizes cassava leaves; standard polyphagous pest record.”
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