Claim · #6492962
Trichogramma nubilale · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitism ranged from 20 to 90 percent”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichogramma nubilale is a known egg parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; inundative release with 20–90% parasitism rates in corn is consistent with published literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Trichogramma nubilale is a documented egg parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; inundative release with 20–90% parasitism rates is consistent with published IPM literature for sweet and seed corn.”
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