Claim · #6496420
Acalymma vittatum · herbivory · Cucumis sativus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“often lost an entire season's cucumber crop to voracious cucumber beetles”
- Source
- Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Handbook Series Book 7
- Page
- 40
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acalymma vittatum is a primary cucumber pest that can destroy seedlings via direct feeding and bacterial wilt transmission; total crop loss without management is well-documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Striped cucumber beetle is a major Cucurbitaceae pest; seedling-stage attack and total-loss potential are well-established. Source quote supports impact magnitude.”
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