Claim · #6494720
Pochonia chlamydosporia · biocontrol · Heterodera spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pochonia chlamydosporia parasitizes females and eggs of cyst and root-knot nematodes”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 455
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pochonia chlamydosporia as an egg-parasitic fungus attacking Meloidogyne spp. via appressorium formation, serine proteases, and chitinases is well-documented in biocontrol literature; source quote supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pochonia chlamydosporia is a well-documented egg-parasitic fungus of Meloidogyne spp., with appressorium formation, serine proteases (VCP1), and chitinases confirmed as mechanisms; phomalactone attribution is less central but not contradictory.”
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