Claim · #6494282
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus · pest pressure · Pinus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“vectored ectophoretically primarily on two longhorn beetles, Monochamus alternatus”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 289
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“B. xylophilus vectored by Monochamus spp. (longhorn beetles) to Pinus is well-established; ectophoretic transport and J4 CO2-avoidance cuing beetle exit are documented mechanisms consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Monochamus spp. (longhorn beetles, Cerambycidae) are well-established phoretic vectors of B. xylophilus to Pinus; ectophoresis on beetle cuticle/tracheae is documented biology.”
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