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Claim · #6495123

Telenomus proditor · biocontrol · Achaea janata

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“parasitoid recovery was 60–80%”
Authors
Das B.C., et al.
Year
2021
Publication
Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
Page
275

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Importation of Telenomus proditor from Papua New Guinea against Achaea janata on castor in Hyderabad with high recovery is reported in Indian biocontrol records.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Telenomus proditor is a known scelionid egg parasitoid of Erebidae moths including Achaea janata; the 60-80% post-release recovery falls within plausible classical-biocontrol establishment ranges.”

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