Claim · #6496279
Lixus truncatulus · herbivory · Amaranthus spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“stem weevil (Lixus truncatulus), and grasshoppers can be quite severe”
- Source
- Vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus L.)
- Authors
- Ebert A.W., Wu T-h., Wang S-t.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, International Cooperators' Guide, AVRDC Publication Number 11-754
- Page
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lixus weevils are known amaranth stem pests; source quote supports severe damage classification.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Stem weevil damage to amaranth is documented; affected_part=stem matches species biology and quote.”
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