Claim · #6492343
Panicum trichoides · facilitation · Coffea arabica
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Panicum trichoides not hosts of the parasitic coffee nematode Meloidogyne incognita”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Non-host status of Panicum trichoides for Meloidogyne incognita is biologically credible; host resistance varies by grass species and is field-testable, consistent with the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Non-host status of Panicum trichoides for Meloidogyne incognita is biologically plausible; grasses vary widely in nematode host compatibility, and the facilitation/beneficial framing for coffee ground cover is ecologically coherent.”
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