Claim · #6492055
Nematoda (phylum) · pest pressure · Plantae (kingdom)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“problems with fertility, water availability, compaction, erosion, parasites, diseases and insects become more common”
- Authors
- Magdoff F., Van Es H.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Page
- 17
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Organic matter supports soil food webs that suppress nematodes; lower SOM correlating with increased pest/parasite pressure is well-established in soil ecology literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Soil organic matter decline increasing nematode and disease pressure is well-supported agroecologically; source quote corroborates the direction of the relationship.”
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