Claim · #6492862
Solanum tuberosum · pathogen pressure · Streptomyces scabies
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
“Low soil pH suppressing Streptomyces scabies is well-established in soil science and IPM literature; source quote directly supports the mechanism and effect direction.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Streptomyces scabies causing common potato scab is well-established, and acidic soil (pH <5.4) suppressing it is a documented, widely-used agronomic management practice.”
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