Claim · #6493354
Adelencyrtus mayurai · biocontrol · Melanaspis glomerata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“mass culture of A. mayurai is maintained on sugarcane setts infested with M. glomerata”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 138
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Adelencyrtus mayurai is a documented encyrtid parasitoid of Melanaspis glomerata (sugarcane scale) in India; mass-rearing on infested setts is a standard IPM biocontrol practice consistent with the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Encyrtid wasps are well-documented endoparasitoids of armored/soft scales; mass-rearing on infested host plant material (sugarcane setts) is a standard IPM practice in India, and source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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