AgroEco

Claim · #6495188

Coccinellidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“predator diversity suppresses herbivore pests in agricultural landscapes”
Authors
Dainese M., Martin E.A., Aizen M.A., Albrecht M., Bartomeus I., Bommarco R., Carvalheiro L.G., Chaplin-Kramer R., Gagic V., Garibaldi L.A., Ghazoul J., Grab H., Jonsson M., Karp D.S., Kennedy C.M., Kleijn D., Kremen C., Landis D.A., Letourneau D.K., Marini L., Poveda K., Rader R., Smith H.G., Tscharntke T., Winfree R., Zhang W., Zou Y., et al.
Year
2019
Publication
Science Advances
Page
2

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Coccinellid-aphid biocontrol within natural enemy diversity framework is widely supported in landscape agroecology.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Direct predation of aphids by coccinellid adults+larvae is textbook. Mechanism and effect direction correct.”

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