AgroEco

Claim · #6495271

Meloidogyne hapla · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Egg masses are found on the root surface or may be embedded in galls or plant tissue (e.g. potato tubers)”
Authors
Jones J.T., Haegeman A., Danchin E.G.J., Gaur H.S., Helder J., Jones M.G.K., Kikuchi T., Manzanilla-Lopez R., Palomares-Rius J.E., Wesemael W.M.L., Perry R.N.
Year
2013
Publication
Molecular Plant Pathology
Page
947

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “M. hapla as the major temperate root-knot species and potato tuber tissue embedding eggs are both supported by source quote and standard nematology.”

  • horticulturist · plausible

    “Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a documented host for M. hapla in temperate regions; tuber-embedded eggs noted in source quote.”

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