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Claim · #6492627

Aphytis melinus · biocontrol · Aonidiella aurantii

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“Dynamic host feeding by the parasitoid Aphytis melinus”
Authors
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
Year
2004
Publication
CSIRO Publishing
Page
92

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii; dynamic host feeding balancing reproduction is consistent with established foraging theory for this species.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii; dynamic host feeding balancing reproduction is consistent with established Aphytis foraging theory.”

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