Claim · #6495500
Planococcus citri · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Coleoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Coccids, pseudococcids 1917 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
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri is a well-documented commercial predator of Planococcus citri and other mealybugs/coccids in vineyards and citrus, in commercial use since ~1917.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Citrus mealybug is a recognized pest of grapevine stems/wood and the Cryptolaemus biocontrol option is standard in viticultural IPM literature.”
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