Claim · #6494350
Nitidulidae (family) · pathogen pressure · Quercus rubra
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“sap (Nitidulid) beetles. The beetles are attracted to fungal spore mats”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 532
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Nitidulid beetles as vectors of Ceratocystis fagacearum via fungal spore mats to wound sites on oaks is well-documented in IPM and forest pathology literature; interaction direction and mechanism are correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ceratocystis fagacearum (oak wilt) vectoring by nitidulid beetles attracted to fungal spore mats on Quercus is well-documented; subject/object direction and mechanism are correct.”
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