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Pasteuria penetrans · biocontrol · Meloidogyne spp.

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“resistant endospores that are coincidentally their infective stage”
Authors
Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
Year
2024
Publication
CAB International

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Pasteuria penetrans is a well-established obligate hyperparasite of Meloidogyne spp.; endospores as infective stages is taxonomically and mechanistically accurate per IPM/nematology literature.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Pasteuria penetrans is a well-documented obligate bacterial parasite of Meloidogyne spp., with endospores as the infectious stage — consistent with source quote and mechanism.”

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