Claim · #6496136
Phytoseiidae (family) · biocontrol · Bemisia tabaci
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predatory mites, predatory thrips, lacewings”
- Source
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for whitefly in tomato, pepper, chili and eggplant crops in Africa
- Authors
- Macharia J., Titley M., Aloyce A., Samali S.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center Publication No. 16-805
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytoseiid mites prey on whitefly eggs/nymphs and are commercially deployed biocontrol agents.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phytoseiidae (e.g. Amblyseius swirskii) are well-documented whitefly egg/nymph predators in vegetable IPM.”
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