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Claim · #6493029

Mentha suaveolens · biocontrol · Toxoptera aurantii

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“LC50 values were … 0.5 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

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Mint essential oils/hydrolates containing piperitenone oxide have documented insecticidal activity against aphids; LC50 units (ml/10ml) are unusual but reflect a dilution assay, consistent with hydrolate bioassay methodology.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Mint-derived piperitenone oxide as an aphicidal compound against Toxoptera aurantii is biologically consistent; LC50 expressed as volume-in-volume is unconventional but matches the source quote.”

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