Claim · #6494933
Amblyseius swirskii · biocontrol · Frankliniella occidentalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“such as Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)”
- 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
- 253
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Amblyseius swirskii is a well-established generalist Type III phytoseiid predator widely used in greenhouse IPM against western flower thrips, whiteflies, and broad mites.”
- entomologist · plausible
“A. swirskii is a canonical commercial biocontrol predator of Frankliniella occidentalis and other small arthropods in protected cultivation.”
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