Claim · #6493028
Mentha pulegium · biocontrol · Toxoptera aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“LC50 values were 0.01 ml … diluted in 10 ml of distilled water”
- 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
“Mentha pulegium hydrolate with piperitenone oxide/carvacrol showing insecticidal activity against Toxoptera aurantii (an aphid) is biologically consistent; LC50 unit (ml/10ml) is unusual but matches source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mentha pulegium essential oil/hydrolate insecticidal activity against aphids via terpenoids (piperitenone oxide, carvacrol) is well-documented; LC50 concentration and subject/object direction are consistent with the source quote.”
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