Claim · #6492106
Acari (predatory mites) (order) · biocontrol · Tetranychus urticae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predatory mites gradually replaced the use of synthetic acaricides for the control of two-spotted spider mites”
- Source
- Agroecosystems Analysis
- Authors
- Rickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
- Page
- 25
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Predatory mites (e.g., Phytoseiidae) suppressing Tetranychus urticae is well-established IPM/biocontrol; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Predatory mites (e.g., Phytoseiidae) suppressing Tetranychus urticae in organic strawberry systems is well-documented in IPM and agroecology literature; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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