Claim · #6492295
Matsucoccus matsumurae · pest pressure · Pinus massoniana
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“killed 97 percent of the scales in one heavily infested stand of P. massoniana in less than four weeks”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 44
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Harmonia axyridis is a documented predator of soft scales/mealybugs including Matsucoccus; 97% mortality in a field stand in Japan aligns with known outbreak suppression events cited in biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Harmonia axyridis is a well-documented predator of soft scales/mealybugs including Matsucoccus spp.; 97% mortality in a heavily infested stand within four weeks is high but biologically plausible for a mass coccinellid predation event, and the source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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