Claim · #6495493
Orius laevigatus · biocontrol · Frankliniella occidentalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Orius laevigatus Heteroptera Europe, Africa North, Asia Thrips 1993 L”
- Source
- The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake
- Authors
- van Lenteren J.C.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- BioControl
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Orius laevigatus is widely commercialized predatory anthocorid bug against Frankliniella occidentalis in protected crops since the early 1990s.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthocorid O. laevigatus is documented thrips predator with established commercial release in European greenhouses; 1993 date is accurate.”
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