Claim · #6494729
Purpureocillium lilacinum · biocontrol · Plant-parasitic nematode eggs
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“serine proteases from P. chlamydosporia, P. lilacinum and P. suchlasporium”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. lilacinum (syn. Paecilomyces lilacinus) is well-documented as a nematophagous fungus using serine proteases for egg parasitism; source quote and mechanism align.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. lilacinum (syn. Paecilomyces lilacinus) is a well-documented egg-parasitic fungus producing serine proteases (e.g., PL646) central to nematode egg infection; source quote supports mechanism.”
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