Claim · #6493179
Globodera rostochiensis · pest pressure · Solanum melongena
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Hosts include potato, S. tuberosum…eggplant, S. melongena”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 134
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote explicitly lists S. melongena as a host of G. rostochiensis; both are Solanaceae, consistent with known host range of potato cyst nematodes.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Globodera rostochiensis has a documented host range within Solanaceae including S. melongena; source quote directly names eggplant as a host.”
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