Claim · #6495913
Bacillus thuringiensis · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bacillus thuringiensis ... toxic metabolite ... Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera”
- Source
- Crop losses to pests
- Authors
- Oerke E.-C.
- Year
- 2006
- Publication
- Journal of Agricultural Science
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bt produces Cry toxins controlling lepidopteran larvae; widely established biocontrol.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bt Cry proteins target Lepidoptera larvae via midgut binding after ingestion; well-documented.”
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