Claim · #6492646
Carabidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphididae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predatory Coleoptera overwintering in field boundaries”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 98
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Carabidae are well-documented polyphagous predators of Aphididae in cereal systems; field-boundary overwintering habitat is standard IPM knowledge consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Carabidae are well-documented polyphagous predators of aphids in cereal systems; field boundary overwintering is a standard IPM habitat-management finding.”
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