Claim · #6495497
Aphidius ervi · biocontrol · Macrosiphum euphorbiae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphidius ervi Hymenoptera Europe, Africa North, Americas, Asia Aphids 1996 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
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidius ervi is a known endoparasitoid of large aphids including potato aphid; commercial use globally is correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidius ervi (Braconidae) parasitizes Macrosiphum euphorbiae and other large aphids; commercial deployment matches record.”
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