Claim · #6493558
Nomuraea rileyi · biocontrol · Hypena scabra
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“killed by a pathogenic fungus, Nomuraea rileyi”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 332
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Nomuraea rileyi is a well-documented entomopathogenic fungus infecting lepidopteran larvae including Hypena scabra; source quote and mechanism (conidiophore mat mummification) are biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Nomuraea rileyi is a well-documented entomopathogenic fungus that infects and mummifies lepidopteran larvae including Hypena scabra (green cloverworm) via conidiophore mat formation; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
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