Claim · #6495072
Trichogramma ostriniae · biocontrol · Ostrinia furnacalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“S. cerealella suitable for mass rearing of T. ostriniae in China”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 243
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Trichogramma ostriniae is the standard mass-reared egg parasitoid for Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) in China, frequently produced on Sitotroga cerealella factitious hosts.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Sitotroga cerealella is a widely documented factitious host for mass-rearing Trichogramma spp. including T. ostriniae for Ostrinia furnacalis biocontrol in Chinese maize; canonical practice.”
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