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Claim · #6492319

Metarhizium anisopliae · biocontrol · Cleonus punctiventris

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“mass produce the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae...against the sugar beet curculio”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing
Page
3

AI critic verdicts

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Metarhizium anisopliae is a well-established entomopathogenic fungus; Metchnikoff's 1884 work against Cleonus punctiventris is historically documented and the source quote supports the structured fields.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Metchnikoff's 1884 use of Metarhizium anisopliae against Cleonus punctiventris is a well-documented historical biocontrol case; subject/object roles and mechanism are correctly assigned.”

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