Claim · #6735433
Aleyrodidae (family) · pest pressure · Dioscorea sp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Yam … Whiteflies”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 209
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) attack many tropical crops including yam, transmitting badnaviruses; family-level pest-index listing is reasonable.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Whiteflies are well-documented yam pests in tropical Pacific including Guam; standard horticultural pest listing.”
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