Claim · #6494288
Pasteuria penetrans · biocontrol · Meloidogyne spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
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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