Claim · model-written summary
35.5% of growers reported onion maggot damage exceeding 70% in onion.
- Taxon
- onion crops
Allium cepae0 - Interactor
- onion maggot
Delia antiquae0pest - Outcome
- damage to onion cropse0
- Value
- over 70 %e0
- Qualifier
- 35.5 % of vegetable growerse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
e0“35.5 % of vegetable growers reported that the onion maggot caused over 70 % damage to onion crops”
Title
Incidence of Insect Pests on Vegetable Crops in Trans-Himalayan Ladakh India A Survey
Sonam Yangdol; Nadeya Khaliq; Devraj; et al. Defence Life Science Journal 2025. doi:10.14429/dlsj.10.19881
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- Observation 87.9% of growers perceived increased pest attacks over ten years.
- Observation 58.4% ranked onion maggot most damaging.
- Observation 22.7% ranked aphids as damaging.
- Observation 16.0% ranked cabbage butterfly caterpillars as damaging.
- Observation 2.9% ranked cutworms as damaging.