Claim · #6492700
Nematoda (phylum) · pest pressure · Plantae (kingdom)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“nematodes: belowground parasites and pathogens of plants with effects on NPP”
- Authors
- Eldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 120
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Plant-parasitic nematodes using hollow stylets to feed on plant cells, reducing NPP, is well-established agroecological and soil-ecology fact; interaction direction and mechanism are correct.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Plant-parasitic nematodes using stylets to feed on root cells, reducing NPP, is well-established biology consistent with the source quote.”
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