Claim · #6492407
Meligethes aeneus · pest pressure · Brassica napus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitism of rape pollen beetle was about 50% at the edge of the fields, while at the centre...20%”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 19
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spatial parasitism gradients (edge vs. centre) for Meligethes aeneus are well-documented in European IPM literature; 50% vs. 20% figures are biologically consistent with natural enemy spillover from field margins.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spatial parasitism gradients (edge vs. centre) for Meligethes aeneus are well-documented in European agroecology literature; 50% edge / 20% centre values are biologically reasonable and source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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