Claim · #6493455
Aphelinus mali · biocontrol · Eriosoma lanigerum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphelinus mali (Haldeman), has successfully suppressed populations of the woolly apple aphid”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 443
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphelinus mali is a well-documented endoparasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum; source quote directly supports the biocontrol suppression claim with correct subject/object direction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphelinus mali is a well-documented endoparasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum; source quote directly supports the suppression claim, direction and roles are correct.”
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