Claim · #6493390
Trichogramma japonicum · biocontrol · Chilo spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Inundative releases of egg parasitoid, T. japonicum against sugarcane tissue borers well documented”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 155
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“T. japonicum is a well-established egg parasitoid of Chilo spp. stem borers; inundative release programs in Indian sugarcane are documented in biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichogramma japonicum is a well-documented egg parasitoid of Chilo spp. (sugarcane borers) used in inundative biocontrol programs, consistent with India IPM literature.”
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