Claim · #6496312
Meloidogyne hapla · pest pressure · Allium cepa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Meloidogyne such as M. hapla also attack many important crop plants, including groundnut, potato, carrot, sugarbeet, strawberry, and onion”
- Source
- Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
- Authors
- Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Page
- 95
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Meloidogyne hapla is a well-documented polyphagous root-knot nematode with onion (Allium cepa) among its hosts; impact_class=high and roots affected align with literature and source quote.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Onion is a known host of northern root-knot nematode; root galling reduces bulb yield substantially. Affected_part=roots is correct for a sedentary endoparasite of Allium cepa.”
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