Claim · #6495729
Tuberculina maxima · biocontrol · Atelocauda digitata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tuberculina maxima Rostrup, a hyperparasitic biological control agent for Atelocauda digitata”
- Source
- Rusts of Acacia koa: Atelocauda digitata (Gall Rust)
- Authors
- Nelson, Scot
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- CTAHR Plant Disease PD-63
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tuberculina maxima is a well-known rust hyperparasite; biocontrol/beneficial direction matches quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“T. maxima is a classical mycoparasite of rust fungi including Atelocauda; quote directly supports the hyperparasite role.”
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