Claim · #6492397
Phacelia tanacetifolia · biocontrol · Brassica oleracea
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“drilled the annual plant Phacelia tanacetifolia in the vicinity of the cabbage crop”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phacelia as syrphid-attracting companion near brassicas reducing Brevicoryne brassicae via hoverfly larval predation is well-documented in agroecological literature; mechanism and direction are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Syrphid larvae are well-documented aphid predators; Brevicoryne brassicae is a common cabbage aphid; Phacelia tanacetifolia is a known syrphid-attracting companion plant — all biologically consistent.”
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