Claim · #6493302
Ditylenchus dipsaci · pest pressure · Allium cepa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Onion bulbs rot readily in storage”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ditylenchus dipsaci is a well-documented serious nematode pest of Allium cepa, causing spear tip and bulb rot; storage rot following field infestation is established in IPM literature.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Ditylenchus dipsaci is a well-documented high-severity nematode pest of Allium cepa, causing bulb and stem damage leading to storage rot; source quote is consistent.”
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