AgroEco

Claim · #6495990

Annona spp. · attracts natural enemy · Coleoptera (order)

attracts natural enemy · effect: beneficial

visitsFlowersOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Two custard apple crops... were visited exclusively by non-bee taxa”
Source
Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination
Authors
Rader R., Bartomeus I., Garibaldi L.A., Garratt M.P.D., Howlett B.G., Winfree R., Cunningham S.A., Mayfield M.M., et al.
Year
2015
Publication
PNAS
Page
3

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Annona is well-known for beetle (cantharophilous) pollination.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Annonaceae are classic cantharophilous (beetle-pollinated) flowers; consistent with literature.”

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