Claim · #6495979
Vicia faba · nectar provision · Hymenoptera (order)
nectar provision · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“such as faba beans, cowpeas, vetch ... provide beneficials with easy access”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Vicia faba has well-known extrafloral nectaries that attract parasitoid Hymenoptera and other beneficials.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Faba bean extrafloral nectaries provide accessible carbohydrate to parasitoid wasps; well-documented in conservation biocontrol literature.”
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