Claim · #6492122
unspecified natural enemies · biocontrol · unspecified insect pests
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“natural mechanisms of crop protection”
- 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
- 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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