Claim · #6494831
Geocoris (genus) · biocontrol · Aphididae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“most known as predators of aphids and thrips”
- 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
- 117
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Geocoris spp. as polyphagous predators of aphids, thrips and lepidopteran neonates in cotton, soybean and vegetable systems is one of the most thoroughly established generalist-biocontrol findings.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Geocoris (Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae) generalist predation across multiple arthropod orders is a textbook case in IPM (Crocker, Whitcomb); aphid and thrips predation is the dominant documented role.”
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