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Thripidae (family) · pest pressure · Allium cepa

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Onion Armyworms Thrips”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
95

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Thrips tabaci and related Thripidae are the canonical pests of Allium cepa worldwide; bulb onion thrips damage is exhaustively documented including in Pacific island contexts. Family-level resolution is acceptable for a regional pest listing; leaf affected part and pest_pressure damage type are correct.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Thripidae on Allium cepa, dominated by Thrips tabaci, is one of the most thoroughly documented thysanopteran-crop relationships in entomological literature. Leaf feeding causing silvering and pest pressure is correctly characterized at the family level. Strong support.”

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