Claim · #6493194
Pratylenchus speijeri · pest pressure · Musa spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“a species especially virulent to the staple food crop plantain in West Africa”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 159
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pratylenchus speijeri is well-documented as a highly virulent root-lesion nematode on Musa spp., particularly plantain in West Africa; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“P. speijeri is a well-documented root-lesion nematode of Musa spp. with known high virulence on plantain in West Africa; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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