AgroEco

Claim · #6492122

unspecified natural enemies · biocontrol · unspecified insect pests

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“natural mechanisms of crop protection”
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
49

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Biodiversity-driven pest suppression via natural enemies is a foundational agroecology principle well-supported across IPM and agroecosystem literature; mechanism and effect direction are consistent.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Predator/parasitoid suppression of insect pests via habitat diversification is well-supported in IPM literature; claim is broad but biologically consistent.”

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