Claim · #6492064
Venturia inaequalis · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“The apple scab fungus, which is a major pest of apples in humid regions”
- Authors
- Magdoff F., Van Es H.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Page
- 56
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is a well-established ascomycete pathogen of Malus domestica; humid-region overwintering on leaf litter is textbook biology, consistent with source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is the well-established ascomycete causing apple scab on Malus domestica, overwintering as pseudothecia in fallen leaves; all fields are consistent.”
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