Claim · #6493514
Eriosoma lanigerum · pest pressure · Malus domestica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum, controlled by Aphelinus mali”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 333
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is a well-documented apple pest; Aphelinus mali is its classical biocontrol parasitoid, a textbook IPM example with global deployment.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid) on Malus domestica with Aphelinus mali as parasitoid biocontrol is textbook IPM; taxonomy, host, and biocontrol agent are all correct.”
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