Claim · #6493029
Mentha suaveolens · biocontrol · Toxoptera aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
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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