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”
- 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
- 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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