Claim · #6494768
Orius majusculus · biocontrol · Frankliniella occidentalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Anthrocorid bugs (Orius majusculus) which are used for the control of western flower thrips”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Orius majusculus controlling Frankliniella occidentalis with reliance on alternative prey/pollen during low thrips density is well-documented in European protected-cropping IPM.”
- entomologist · plausible
“O. majusculus (Anthocoridae) is an established commercial biocontrol agent of western flower thrips and is known to require alternative prey or pollen for population persistence.”
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