Claim · #6494294
Ditylenchus dipsaci · pest pressure · Trifolium pratense
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“malformations, swellings, growth reduction and dry rot in onions, bulbs, rye, wheat, beet, potatoes and red clover”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote explicitly lists rye as a host of Ditylenchus dipsaci with malformations and growth reduction, consistent with known stem nematode biology.”
- horticulturist · out_of_scope
“Claim concerns nematode pest pressure on a crop — pest/pathogen interaction, not plant trait values, polyculture geometry, or agroforestry layout; pest specialist should evaluate.”
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