Claim · #6492400
Poaceae (family) · biocontrol · Triticum aestivum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“beetles and other natural enemies emerge from the beetle bank to colonise the growing crop”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Beetle bank technology using perennial tussock grasses (e.g., Dactylis glomerata) as overwintering refugia for carabids/staphylinids suppressing cereal aphids is well-documented UK IPM practice; mechanism and direction are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Beetle banks with tussock grasses as overwintering habitat for carabids/staphylinids controlling cereal aphids is well-documented UK IPM practice; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
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