Claim · #6495118
Trissolcus basalis · biocontrol · Nezara viridula
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Releasing Trissolcus basalis in mass into soybean fields”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 275
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Augmentative releases of Trissolcus basalis against Nezara viridula in soybean (notably in Brazil and Australia) are a foundational case study of inundative scelionid biocontrol in field crops.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trissolcus basalis is the canonical Nezara viridula egg parasitoid worldwide; mass-release programmes in soybean (Corrêa-Ferreira & Moscardi 1996) confirm the mechanism and impact described.”
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