Claim · #6495274
Ditylenchus dipsaci · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Ditylenchus dipsaci is a migratory endoparasite”
- 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
- 951
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“D. dipsaci has documented host races including alfalfa race causing stem swelling and stunting; biologically consistent with migratory endoparasitic habit.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Alfalfa stem nematode (D. dipsaci alfalfa race) is a documented forage-crop pest causing stem deformation and stand decline.”
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