Claim · #6493233
Aphis gossypii · pest pressure · Lagenaria siceraria
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“peak aphid population had rapidly decreased in the fields of L. siceraria”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 98
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented cucurbit pest including Lagenaria siceraria; Binodoxys indicus is a known parasitoid of A. gossypii in India, consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented cucurbit pest; Binodoxys indicus is a known aphidiid parasitoid of A. gossypii, and 66-85% population reduction by biocontrol is biologically reasonable.”
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