Claim · #6495508
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora · biocontrol · Otiorhynchus sulcatus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Nematoda Europe, Africa North, North America, Aus Coleopterans 1984 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
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Heterorhabditis bacteriophora is a well-established EPN biocontrol agent against soil-dwelling coleopteran larvae including vine weevil; commercial since 1984.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Soil-dwelling EPN attacking soil-dwelling weevil larvae is a textbook soil biocontrol relationship; mechanism and timing are accurate.”
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