Claim · #6495055
Stenodiplosis sorghicola · pest pressure · Sorghum bicolor
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aprostocetus spp. are the most important natural enemy of sorghum midge”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 214
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Stenodiplosis sorghicola is the principal global pest of sorghum panicles, and Aprostocetus species are reported natural enemies.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aprostocetus spp. (Eulophidae) are documented parasitoids of sorghum midge larvae within developing florets and are widely cited as the dominant natural enemies.”
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