Claim · #6493573
Encarsia formosa · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitoids, Encarsia formosa and Aphidius matricariae, against whiteflies”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 339
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa is a well-documented parasitoid of Trialeurodes vaporariorum in greenhouse biocontrol; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa is a well-documented parasitoid wasp commercially used in European greenhouses for biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum; source quote supports this.”
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