Claim · #6492983
Phytophthora medicaginis · pathogen pressure · Medicago sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“damping-off disease caused by the oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora medicaginis, on alfalfa seedlings”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora medicaginis is the well-established oomycete causing Phytophthora root rot and damping-off in alfalfa; all fields (organism type, host, affected part, stage) are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora medicaginis is a well-established oomycete pathogen of Medicago sativa, correctly classified, with direction and source quote fully consistent.”
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