Claim · #6494277
Paratrichodorus teres · pest pressure · Cichorium intybus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“stubby root symptoms in chicory caused by Paratrichodorus teres”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 230
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Paratrichodorus spp. are well-documented ectoparasitic stubby-root nematodes; chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a known host; mechanism and effect direction are consistent.”
- horticulturist · out_of_scope
“This is a nematode-crop pest interaction; evaluation belongs to a plant pathologist/nematologist, not a horticulturist assessing crop traits or polyculture geometry.”
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