Claim · #6494290
Meloidogyne spp. · pest pressure · Daucus carota
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“carrots attacked by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) may be worthless because of branching and deformation of the taproot”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) causing taproot branching/deformation in carrots is well-documented; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Meloidogyne spp. infecting Daucus carota taproots causing forking/deformation is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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