Claim · model-written summary
Atherigona species were in general highly specific in their choice of plant host on cultivated cereals.
- Taxon
- cultivated cerealse0
- Interactor
- Atherigona
Atherigonae1pest - Outcome
- choice of plant hoste1
- Qualifier
- in general highly specifice1
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Verbatim
e0“Records of Atherigona spp. bred from cultivated cereals, minor millets and wild grass hosts are given”
e1“Data showed that species of Atherigona were in general highly specific in choice of plant host”
Title
Species of Atherigona in Andhra Pradesh
K. V. Seshu Reddy; J. C. Davies PANS 1977. doi:10.1080/09670877709412472
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation A. soccata was by far the commonest Atherigona species on sorghum.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from maize.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from pearl millet.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from Echinochloa colonum.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from Eriochloa procera.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from Cymbopogon sp.
- Observation A. soccata was recorded from Paspalum scrobiculatum.
- Observation Numbers of A. soccata bred from grasses were very low.
- Observation A. approximata was the dominant species on pearl millet.
- Observation A. pulla was the dominant species on Panicum psilopodium.
- Observation A. oryzae was the dominant species on Digitaria adscendens.
- Observation A. eriochloae was recovered from sorghum.
- Observation A. eriochloae was recovered from Eriochloa procera.
- Observation Other Atherigona species were bred from a range of host grasses.