Claim · #6493052
Encarsia formosa · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“In some parasitoids, such as Encarsia formosa, males are produced as a result of superparasitism”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 141
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa is a well-established parasitoid of Trialeurodes vaporariorum nymphs in greenhouse biocontrol; source quote confirms the species identity, supporting the interaction fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa is a well-established parasitoid of Trialeurodes vaporariorum nymphs; source quote confirms Encarsia formosa as a parasitoid, consistent with structured fields.”
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