Claim · model-written summary
O. insidiosus had a larger flower population than O. pumilio.
- Interactor
- O. insidiosus
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Orius insidiosuse0biocontrol_agent - Second interactor
- O. pumilioOrius pumilioe0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- O. insidiosus had a larger populatione0
- Direction
- largere0
Verbatim
e0“O. insidiosus had a larger population than O. pumilio”
t0“Apiaceae”
Title
Predator-Prey Relationships on Apiaceae at an Organic Farm
Paul D. Shirk; Jeffrey P. Shapiro; Stuart R. Reitz; et al. Environmental Entomology 2012. doi:10.1603/en11232
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Orius insidiosus and O. pumilio were sympatric major predators of Frankliniella bispinosa on the flowers.
- Observation F. bispinosa was the predominant thrips on both plants.
- Association F. bispinosa colonized D. carota more extensively and earlier than A. majus.
- Observation Neither Orius species showed host-plant affinity.
- Association Thrips prey abundance declined rapidly as Orius predator populations increased.
- Mechanism Temporal Orius increases during flowering suggest reproductive activity.
- Observation The O. insidiosus flower population was predominantly male.
- Observation Orius predation showed no apparent thrips-sex preference.
- Observation Few thrips or Orius immatures occurred on either plant, suggesting development elsewhere.
- Recommendation The authors suggest D. carota and A. majus as banker plants for Orius.