Claim · #6493560
Aphelinus mali · biocontrol · Eriosoma lanigerum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“controlled by Aphelinus mali, a wasp parasitoid”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 333
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphelinus mali is a well-documented endoparasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum; the interaction direction, mechanism, and classifications are all biologically correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphelinus mali is a well-established endoparasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum; subject/object direction, mechanism, and effect are all biologically correct.”
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