Claim · #6492989
Pythium aphanidermatum · pathogen pressure · Cucumis sativus
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“coapplication of UW85 and zoospores of Pythium aphanidermatum on cucumber wounds results in significantly less rotting”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote confirms P. aphanidermatum causes rot on cucumber wounds; oomycete classification and fruit/postharvest affected_part align with known Pythium fruit rot biology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium aphanidermatum is a well-documented oomycete pathogen causing fruit rot on wounded cucumber; source quote confirms cucumber wound inoculation assay context.”
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