Claim · #6495852
Aphytis diaspidis · biocontrol · Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Encarsia perniciosi and Aphytis diaspidis (Parasitoids of San Jose scale)”
- Source
- Insect-Pest Complex and Integrated Pest Management on Apple in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Authors
- Hussain B., Buhroo A.A., War A.R., Sheerwani A.
- Year
- 2017
- Publication
- Indian Apple: Production and Value Chain Analysis (Chapter 17)
- Page
- 278
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphytis diaspidis as parasitoid of armored scales including San Jose scale is biologically accurate; biocontrol framing correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis (Aphelinidae) parasitism of diaspidid scales is well-established; direction and mechanism are correct.”
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