Claim · #6492399
Fagopyrum esculentum · biocontrol · Solanum tuberosum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“buckwheat strip in the margin of an Australian potato crop providing nectar to the potato moth parasitoid”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Copidosoma koehleri is a documented endoparasitoid of Phthorimaea operculella on potato in Australia; buckwheat's accessible nectaries supporting adult parasitoids is biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Copidosoma koehleri is a well-documented endoparasitoid of potato moth (Phthorimaea operculella) in Australia, and buckwheat is a known nectar source supporting parasitoids; source quote supports the structured fields.”
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