Claim · #6495494
Neoseiulus cucumeris · biocontrol · Frankliniella occidentalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Neoseiulus cucumeris Acari Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Thrips, mites 1985 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
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Neoseiulus cucumeris is a standard commercial phytoseiid predator of thrips and tetranychid mites, deployed globally since mid-1980s.”
- entomologist · plausible
“N. cucumeris is documented predator of first-instar F. occidentalis larvae and various mites; 1985 commercial release fits the historical record.”
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