Claim · #6492717
Heterorhabditidae (family) · biocontrol · Insecta (class)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cultured and sold commercially to control garden pests and mosquitoes”
- Authors
- Eldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Heterorhabditis spp. use Photorhabdus symbiont to kill insect hosts; commercial sale for garden pest and mosquito biocontrol is well-documented globally.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Heterorhabditis spp. do use Photorhabdus symbionts to kill insect hosts; commercial sale for pest biocontrol is well-established, though mosquito efficacy is modest.”
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