Claim · #6492459
Vitis vinifera · pathogen pressure · Botrytis cinerea
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Altieri and Nicholls found higher prevalence of grape herbivores and Botrytis bunch rot”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is a well-established fungal pathogen of Vitis vinifera; reduced plant diversity in monocultures increasing disease pressure is a core agroecological principle consistent with Altieri and Nicholls' documented work.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is a well-established fungal pathogen of Vitis vinifera; monoculture increasing disease prevalence is biologically consistent with reduced microclimate diversity and canopy airflow.”
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