Claim · #6493377
Planococcus citri · pest pressure · Psidium guajava
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“very effective in controlling P. citri on acid lime, lemon, mandarins, sweet oranges, guava”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 153
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Leptomastix dactylopii is a well-documented encyrtid parasitoid of Planococcus citri; source quote directly names guava as a host crop context.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Planococcus citri is a known polyphagous mealybug pest on guava; Leptomastix dactylopii is its documented parasitoid, consistent with source quote and Indian IPM literature.”
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