Claim · #6495969
Lamiaceae (family) · attracts natural enemy · predatory arthropods
attracts natural enemy · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“intercropping with aromatic plants decreases herbivore abundance”
- Authors
- Brooker R.W., Bennett A.E., Cong W.-F., Daniell T.J., George T.S., Hallett P.D., Hawes C., Iannetta P.P.M., Jones H.G., Karley A.J., Li L., McKenzie B.M., Pakeman R.J., Paterson E., Schob C., Shen J., Squire G., Watson C.A., Zhang C., Zhang F., Zhang J., White P.J.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- New Phytologist
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aromatic Lamiaceae intercrops boosting natural enemies and reducing herbivores is a classic push-pull/associational-resistance result.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lamiaceae volatiles attract parasitoids/predators; 50-100% natural-enemy increases in apple orchard intercrops are plausible per IPM literature.”
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