Claim · #6493027
Melissa officinalis · biocontrol · Myzus persicae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Melissa officinalis hydrolate … strong inhibitory effect on their settling behaviour”
- Authors
- Fiebrig I.N. (ed.), Tornaghi C., McAllister G., Moeller N., Pedersen M., Sucholas J., Greinwald A., Ukhanova M., Luick R., Fiebrig I.N., van de Vijver M., van Kan C.J., Tilzey M., Stobart A., Prieto Garcia J., Vieweger A., Westaway S., Whistance L., Kümmritz S., Klocke B., Krähmer A., Johnson M., Sarabia L., Solorio F., Galindo F., González P., Sandoval Castro C.A., Torres F., Ku J., Păcurar F., Reif A., Ruşdea E., Nair M.N.B., Punniamurthy N., Venkatasubramanian P., Balasubramani S.P., Kukkupuni S.K., Weins C., Bombardi L., Peralta M.C.C., Bach A.E.
- Year
- 2023
- Publication
- CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group
- Page
- 130
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Melissa officinalis volatile/hydrolate compounds repelling Myzus persicae via antifeedant/anti-settling effects is biologically consistent with known aphid behavioural responses to terpenoid-rich plant extracts.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Melissa officinalis volatile/essential oil compounds (e.g., citronellal, geranial) have documented repellent/antifeedant effects on aphids; hydrolate-mediated settling inhibition of Myzus persicae is biologically consistent with known mechanisms.”
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