Claim · #6493184
Radopholus similis · pest pressure · Piper nigrum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“predispose plants to attack by other pathogens (e.g. black pepper to infection by Fusarium solani)”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 167
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Radopholus similis causing root damage that predisposes Piper nigrum to Fusarium solani is a well-documented nematode-fungus disease complex consistent with the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Radopholus similis causing root lesions that predispose Piper nigrum to Fusarium solani ('slow wilt' complex) is a well-documented nematode-fungus disease complex in black pepper production.”
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