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Claim · #6494933

Amblyseius swirskii · biocontrol · Frankliniella occidentalis

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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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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