Claim · model-written summary
Larvae preferred previously aphid-infested leaves in 73.3% of trials, a significant difference.
- Interactor
- Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatuse0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- preferred previously infested leavese5
- Value
- 73.3%e5
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Verbatim
e0“Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer) (Diptera: Syrphidae) larvae are polyphagous predators of aphids”
e5“Larvae (n=30) preferred previously infested leaves in 73.3% of trials, and the difference was statistically significant based on a goodness of fit test”
Title
Vidhya Rawat; Raina N. Samuel; Joy N. Samuel Advances in Zoology and Botany 2026. doi:10.13189/azb.2026.140101
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