Claim · #6495016
Orthogalumna terebrantis · biocontrol · Eichhornia crassipes
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“management of water hyacinth by Neochetina eichhorniae and Orthogalumna terebrantis”
- 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
- 298
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Synergistic action of the galumnid mite Orthogalumna terebrantis with Neochetina eichhorniae weevils on water hyacinth is documented in classical-biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“O. terebrantis (Acari: Galumnidae, not strictly an insect but a co-released arthropod biocontrol) is documented to act synergistically with N. eichhorniae against water hyacinth.”
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