Claim · #6492548
Macrocentrus grandii · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“In the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii (Braconidae), both hot and cold anthrone tests were used to characterise trends in carbohydrate metabolism”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 70
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Macrocentrus grandii (Braconidae) is a well-documented larval endoparasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; source quote confirms carbohydrate metabolism study, consistent with food-limitation biocontrol context.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Macrocentrus grandii (Braconidae) is a well-documented larval endoparasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; anthrone-based carbohydrate assays are standard metabolic characterisation methods consistent with the source quote.”
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