Claim · #6492507
Aphidiidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) and spiders found to be important antagonists of cereal aphids”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 57
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidiidae (now Braconidae: Aphidiinae) are well-documented endoparasitoids of aphids; source quote directly supports the beneficial biocontrol interaction in winter wheat.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidiidae (now Braconidae: Aphidiinae) are well-documented endoparasitoids of aphids; source quote directly supports the structured claim of antagonism in cereal systems.”
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