Claim · #6494985
Scolothrips longicornis · biocontrol · Schizotetranychus smirnovi
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“biocontrol agent of Schizotetranychus smirnovi Wainstein”
- 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
- 267
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Predatory thrips control of almond spider mite in Iran is plausible within Middle East orchard biocontrol programs.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Type III functional response on protonymphs by S. longicornis on Schizotetranychus is consistent with published predation studies.”
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