Claim · #6492640
Macrocentrus grandii · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Effects of partial sugar deprivation on lifespan in the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 91
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Macrocentrus grandii is a well-documented braconid parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; sugar nutrition affecting parasitoid lifespan is biologically established and the source quote matches the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Macrocentrus grandii is a well-documented braconid parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; sugar nutrition affecting adult parasitoid lifespan is biologically established and consistent with source quote.”
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