AgroEco

Claim · #6492861

Gliocladium virens · biocontrol · Pythium ultimum

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Control of damping-off caused by Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani on zinnia”
Authors
Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
Year
1997
Publication
Westview Press / Routledge
Page
264

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Gliocladium virens (syn. Trichoderma virens) is a well-documented biocontrol fungus against Pythium ultimum via antibiosis; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Gliocladium virens (syn. Trichoderma virens) is a well-documented biocontrol fungus against oomycete pathogens including Pythium ultimum via gliotoxin/antibiosis; source quote supports the structured claim.”

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