Claim · #6493234
Aphis gossypii · pest pressure · Cucurbita maxima
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“on C. maxima, 50% reduction in the aphid population was noticed”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 98
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented polyphagous pest on Cucurbitaceae including Cucurbita maxima; Binodoxys indicus is a known aphid parasitoid used in biocontrol, and 50% population reduction is a biologically plausible efficacy outcome consistent with the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphis gossypii is a well-documented cucurbit pest globally including India; Binodoxys indicus is a known aphidiid parasitoid of this aphid, and 50% reduction is a biologically plausible partial-control outcome.”
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