Claim · #6492618
Tortricidae (family) · pest pressure · Malus domestica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Enhancing biological control of leafrollers by sowing buckwheat in an orchard”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 98
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · out_of_scope
“Mechanism is parasitoid-mediated biocontrol of leafrollers, not soil chemistry, nutrient cycling, or mycorrhizal/rhizobial interactions; an entomologist/agroecologist should evaluate.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Buckwheat as floral resource enhancing parasitoid activity against lepidopteran leafrollers in apple orchards is well-documented tritrophic biological control, consistent with source quote.”
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