Claim · #6492615
Tetranychus spp. · pest pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“managing spider mites in cotton”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 88
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Metaseiulus occidentalis (western predatory mite) is a well-documented biological control agent for Tetranychus spp. in cotton, consistent with IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Metaseiulus occidentalis is a well-documented phytoseiid predatory mite used as a biocontrol agent against Tetranychus spp. in cotton and other crops.”
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