Claim · #6494827
Macrolophus pygmaeus · biocontrol · Tuta absoluta
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“N. tenuis and M. pygmaeus are produced in large numbers by different private companies”
- 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
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Macrolophus pygmaeus is commercially mass-reared (Koppert, Biobest) and deployed against T. absoluta and whiteflies on tomato across European protected cropping.”
- entomologist · plausible
“M. pygmaeus is a standard commercial mirid biocontrol agent (Mirid-pack, Mirical) for tomato pests; specificity to T. absoluta eggs and whitefly nymphs is well-quantified.”
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