Claim · #6493310
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus · pest pressure · Pinus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“resulting in the death of the tree within a year of infection”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bursaphelenchus xylophilus causing lethal pine wilt in susceptible Pinus spp. within a year is well-documented; vascular/xylem damage and rapid mortality are consistent with established nematology literature.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Bursaphelenchus xylophilus causing lethal pine wilt in susceptible Pinus spp. within one year is well-documented; xylem/vascular damage and summer symptom expression are consistent with known biology.”
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