Claim · #6493051
Phytoseiulus persimilis · biocontrol · Tetranychus urticae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“phytoseiid mite Phytoseiulus persimilis is used to control spider mites in strawberries in California”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 139
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. persimilis is a well-documented specialist predator of T. urticae; its use in California strawberry IPM is a textbook biocontrol case, fully consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phytoseiulus persimilis is a well-documented specialist predator of Tetranychus urticae, widely used in California strawberry IPM; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
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