Claim · #6494897
Hippodamia variegata · biocontrol · Aphis gossypii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the ladybird Hippodamia variegata when fed on the aphid prey”
- 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
- 196
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hippodamia variegata is a recognized predator of Aphis gossypii, and bottom-up effects of host-plant nitrogen on aphid quality and predator life history are an established tritrophic finding.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Plant nitrogen status modulating aphid nutritional quality and downstream coccinellid life-history parameters is consistent with well-known fertility–herbivore–predator cascades.”
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