Claim · #6495518
Ostrinia nubilalis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Trichogramma brassicae (=maidis) Europe, North America Lepidopterans 1980 S”
- 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
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ostrinia nubilalis is a major maize stem borer in Europe and North America; Trichogramma brassicae egg parasitoid use since 1980 is documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“O. nubilalis stem damage on Zea mays and Trichogramma brassicae egg-parasitoid deployment are well-established; classifications and timeline match.”
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