Claim · #6495551
Nematoda · biocontrol · Insecta
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predators ... parasitoids ... or nematodes, targeted against insect and mite pests”
- 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
“Entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema, Heterorhabditis) are standard biocontrol agents against soil-dwelling insect pests.”
- entomologist · plausible
“EPNs target insect larvae/pupae effectively; biocontrol classification and direction match accepted entomological knowledge.”
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