Claim · #6493180
Crotalaria spectabilis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“increases numbers of P. zeae to levels that can damage subsequent maize crops”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 162
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crotalaria spectabilis is documented as a host for Pratylenchus zeae; source quote directly supports the rotation-induced nematode buildup harming subsequent maize.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Crotalaria spectabilis is documented as a host for Pratylenchus zeae, and nematode carryover damaging subsequent maize in rotation is biologically consistent with known lesion-nematode ecology.”
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