Claim · #6734949
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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