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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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