Claim · #6493077
Lydella thompsoni · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“disappearance of Lydella thompsoni in Nebraska may be an example”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 200
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lydella thompsoni is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; Nosema pyrausta interference with this biocontrol agent is established in IPM literature, consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lydella thompsoni is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis larvae; displacement by Nosema pyrausta (microsporidian) is a recognized IPM concern in literature.”
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