Claim · #6493485
Lysiphlebus testaceipes · biocontrol · Schizaphis graminum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Resistant cultivars enhanced the depressive influence of a parasitoid, Lysiphlebus testaceipes”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 474
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Lysiphlebus testaceipes is a well-documented aphid parasitoid of Schizaphis graminum; plant resistance synergizing parasitoid efficacy is established in sorghum/barley literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lysiphlebus testaceipes is a well-documented aphid parasitoid of Schizaphis graminum; plant resistance synergizing parasitoid efficacy is a recognized tritrophic mechanism supported by the source quote.”
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