Claim · #6492212
Parasitoidea (superfamily) · biocontrol · Insecta (class)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“A compatible winter crop can be responsible for the successful overwintering of large numbers of parasites”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 165
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Winter crops and field margins as parasitoid overwintering refugia is well-supported in IPM literature; mechanism and effect direction are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parasitoid overwintering in winter crops and field margins is well-documented in IPM literature; mechanism and direction are biologically consistent with parasitoid-pest dynamics.”
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