Claim · #6494810
Trichogramma spp. · biocontrol · Anticarsia gemmatalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“augmentative releases of Trichogramma spp. against lepidopteran pests”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 303
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Augmentative Trichogramma releases against lepidopteran soybean pests including Anticarsia gemmatalis are well-documented in Brazilian IPM and a canonical augmentative biocontrol case.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichogramma spp. egg parasitism of A. gemmatalis is the largest augmentative biocontrol program in Brazilian soybean; mechanism and beneficial effect direction are correct.”
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