Claim · #6492145
Arthropoda (phylum) · biocontrol · Erythroneura spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“lower numbers of leafhoppers and thrips on vines located up to 30 to 40 m from the corridor”
- 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
“Erythroneura spp. leafhoppers are established grape pests in California; reduced densities near vegetational corridors (natural enemy refugia) is well-documented in IPM literature, and the source quote directly supports the 30-40m range claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erythroneura spp. are well-documented grape leafhopper pests causing stippling herbivory on Vitis vinifera leaves; the 30-40m corridor effect aligns with published California vineyard IPM literature on vegetational refuges suppressing leafhoppers.”
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