Claim · #6495138
Encarsia formosa · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“best used for preventing the establishment of the greenhouse whitefly”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 304
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa is the canonical augmentative-release biocontrol agent for Trialeurodes vaporariorum in protected cropping worldwide; fecundity (~50-200 eggs) and preventive-release strategy are well established.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Encarsia formosa parasitism of greenhouse whitefly is textbook biocontrol biology; egg load reported here is within published range and preference for older scales (~2-week) matches host-stage suitability data.”
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