Claim · #6495011
Zygogramma bicolorata · biocontrol · Parthenium hysterophorus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the leaf-feeding beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister... is the most prominent bioagent”
- 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
- 302
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Zygogramma bicolorata, released in India in 1984, is the most prominent classical biocontrol agent of Parthenium hysterophorus with extensive published efficacy data.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Z. bicolorata (Chrysomelidae) is the well-documented Mexican leaf-feeding beetle introduced from Mexico to India for Parthenium control; the mechanism description is accurate.”
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