AgroEco

Claim · #6492281

Streptomyces scabies · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Soil pH less than 5.4 helps to control common potato scab”
Authors
Rubatzky V.E., Yamaguchi M.
Year
1997
Publication
Chapman & Hall / Springer Science+Business Media
Page
110

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Streptomyces scabies is correctly classified as an actinomycete; pH <5.4 suppressing scab is a well-established IPM recommendation supported by the source quote.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Streptomyces scabies is well-documented to be suppressed below pH 5.4, as acidic soils inhibit this actinomycete pathogen of potato tubers.”

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