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Meloidogyne hapla · pest pressure · Allium cepa

pest pressure · effect: harmful

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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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