Claim · #6493361
Anagyrus mirzai · biocontrol · Phenacoccus solenopsis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“P. solenopsis Vennila et al. (2010) Nagrare et al. (2011)”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 136
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anagyrus mirzai is a documented encyrtid parasitoid of Phenacoccus solenopsis mealybug in India; mechanism, direction, and roles are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anagyrus mirzai (Encyrtidae) is a documented endoparasitoid of Phenacoccus solenopsis mealybug, consistent with Indian biocontrol literature referenced in the source quote.”
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