Claim · #6494758
Aphidius sonchi · biocontrol · Aphididae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“type II functional response curve for the aphid parasitoid Aphidius sonchi”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidius sonchi is a braconid parasitoid of aphids; type II functional responses are well-documented for hymenopteran parasitoids, consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidius sonchi is a known braconid parasitoid of aphids; type II functional responses are well-documented for Aphidius spp. parasitoids, consistent with source quote.”
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