Claim · #6495980
Brassica oleracea var. acephala · provides oviposition site · Plutella xylostella
provides oviposition site · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“more attractive to egglaying adult female diamond back moths”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Collards as trap crop for Plutella xylostella oviposition is a well-documented push-pull/trap-crop tactic in Brassica IPM.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diamondback moth preference for collards over cabbage for oviposition is consistent with classic trap-crop literature on crucifer-specialist Lepidoptera.”
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