Claim · #6494973
Typhlodromus pyri · biocontrol · Panonychus ulmi
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“T. pyri has been reported as the most important predator of P. ulmi”
- 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
- 264
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Typhlodromus pyri is the canonical biocontrol agent of P. ulmi in apple orchards and vineyards worldwide and a Type III generalist phytoseiid.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. pyri Type III generalist classification and high consumption of P. ulmi/eriophyoids are well established; ~230 eriophyoids/day is within published ranges.”
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