AgroEco

Claim · #6495513

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 commercial braconid endoparasitoid of larger aphid species including potato aphid; 1996 commercialization fits record.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Braconid endoparasitoid of large aphids matches Aphidius ervi biology; Macrosiphum euphorbiae is a documented host.”

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