Claim · #6495590
Coccinellidae (family) · biocontrol · aphid pests of potato
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphids are predated by various other insects such as wasps and ladybirds”
- Source
- Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview
- Authors
- Chakraborty S., Newton A.C.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Plant Pathology
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coccinellid predation on aphids is canonical biocontrol; source quote directly supports the claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coccinellidae are well-established aphidophagous predators; both adult and larval stages predate aphids.”
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