Claim · #6494977
Stethorus tridens · biocontrol · Tetranychus evansi
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“candidate natural enemy of Tetranychus evansi, T. bastosi, and T. cinnabarinus”
- 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
- 266
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Stethorus tridens is recognized as a Neotropical biocontrol candidate against T. evansi on solanaceous crops in Brazil, fitting agroecological pest-management literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. tridens predation on T. evansi, T. bastosi, and T. cinnabarinus is established in published biocontrol trials.”
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