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Claim · #6492137

Ostrinia nubilalis · herbivory · Zea mays

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“higher parasitism of larvae of the lepidopteran pest, Ostrinia nubilalis...in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
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
57

AI critic verdicts

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Eriborus terebrans is a known ichneumonid larval parasitoid of O. nubilalis; edge-effect parasitism patterns near wooded habitats are well-documented for this system.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Eriborus terebrans is a known ichneumonid parasitoid of O. nubilalis larvae; edge-effect parasitism near wooded habitats is well-documented in landscape ecology and IPM literature.”

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