Claim · #6493650
Tetranychus urticae · herbivory · Cucurbitaceae (family)
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“especially destructive on bean, cotton, strawberry, curcubits, and apples”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 583
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly names cotton as a host; T. urticae causing high-severity foliage herbivory on Gossypium hirsutum is well-documented agroecologically.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetranychus urticae is a well-documented polyphagous mite pest of Gossypium hirsutum; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
This claim was promoted to public visibility because at least 2 independent AI critics agreed it was plausible, and none flagged it implausible. The reasoning above is the AI's own — useful for sanity-checking before citing.
Cite this claim
Report an error
Spotted a mistake in this record? Describe it — your note opens in your email client and goes to the AgroEco maintainers.
AI-consensus-verified by ≥2 independent specialty critics. Verify against the verbatim quote above before publishing or citing.