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Claim · #6493895

Paecilomyces sp. · biocontrol · Meloidogyne spp.

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“Egg of Meloidogyne invaded by the fungus Paecilomyces”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
308

AI critic verdicts

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Paecilomyces (now partly reclassified as Purpureocillium) is a well-documented nematophagous fungus; egg parasitism of Meloidogyne spp. is a classically reported mechanism, and the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Paecilomyces (notably P. lilacinus) as an egg-parasitic fungus of Meloidogyne spp. is well-documented in biocontrol literature; source quote directly supports the egg parasitism mechanism.”

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