Claim · #6494828
Dicyphus hesperus · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the most promising agent for pest control on the tomato crop”
- 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
“Dicyphus hesperus is the leading Nearctic mirid biocontrol agent for greenhouse tomato whitefly programs (McGregor, Gillespie work in BC and California).”
- entomologist · plausible
“D. hesperus zoophytophagy and commercial use against T. vaporariorum in North American greenhouse tomato is well-documented; "most promising" matches consensus framing.”
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