Claim · #6495615
Araneae (order) · biocontrol · Insecta
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“increases the amount of spiders that patrol the broccoli plants”
- Source
- Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
- Authors
- Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- ATTRA / National Center for Appropriate Technology IP125
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Generalist spider predation enhanced by living mulch is established agroecological pattern.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Araneae are generalist insect predators; living-mulch refuge effect is documented.”
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