Claim · #6495549
Predatory insects and mites · biocontrol · Arthropoda
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Many biological control schemes use predatory insects and mites”
- Source
- Biological control and sustainable food production
- Authors
- Bale J. S., van Lenteren J. C., Bigler F.
- Year
- 2007
- Publication
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Predatory insects and mites suppressing arthropod pests is foundational biological control; mechanism and direction are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predator-prey biocontrol with arthropod predators against arthropod pests is correct; subject/object orientation valid.”
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