Claim · #6494826
Nesidiocoris tenuis · biocontrol · Tuta absoluta
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Both the predators consume more numbers of T. absoluta eggs”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 110
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“N. tenuis predation on T. absoluta eggs and young larvae is a cornerstone of European tomato IPM and supported by extensive functional-response and field-cage data.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Direct predation of Tuta absoluta eggs by N. tenuis is one of the most heavily replicated heteropteran-biocontrol findings of the past 15 years (Urbaneja et al. 2009).”
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