Claim · #6494672
Meloidogyne spp. · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fusarium wilt of several plants increases in incidence and severity when the plants are also infected by root-knot”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 835
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Nematode-Fusarium synergism is well-documented; root-knot nematodes create wound entry courts and suppress plant defenses, increasing Fusarium wilt severity in tomato.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Meloidogyne–Fusarium wilt synergism in tomato is a well-documented disease complex; nematode wound sites facilitate vascular colonization by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, consistent with source quote and mechanism.”
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