Claim · #6493109
Adalia bipunctata · biocontrol · Dysaphis plantaginea
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“releases of eggs and larvae of the ladybird beetle, Adalia bipunctata on the abundance of the rosy apple aphid”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 55
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Adalia bipunctata is a well-documented aphidophagous predator; augmentative releases targeting Dysaphis plantaginea in apple orchards is biologically consistent and supported by the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Adalia bipunctata is a well-documented aphidophagous coccinellid; both eggs and larvae are predatory stages, making augmentative release against Dysaphis plantaginea biologically coherent.”
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