Claim · #6492489
Dactylis glomerata · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“great enhancement of predators (up to 1500 beetles per square metre)”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 47
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Beetle bank literature consistently documents Dactylis glomerata as preferred overwintering habitat for carabid/staphylinid predators at densities matching the quoted ~1500/m²; indirect biocontrol of aphids via predator enhancement is well-supported.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Beetle bank literature (Thomas et al.) consistently documents Dactylis glomerata supporting overwintering carabid/staphylinid densities ~1500/m², which then predate aphids — direction and mechanism are biologically coherent.”
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