AgroEco

Claim · #6492993

Rhizoctonia solani · pathogen pressure · Gossypium hirsutum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“pyrrolnitrin contributes to the suppression of Rhizoctonia solani on cotton seedlings”
Authors
Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
Year
1997
Publication
Westview Press / Routledge
Page
111

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Rhizoctonia solani causing seedling damping-off in cotton is well-established; Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 producing pyrrolnitrin to suppress it is documented biocontrol fact.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Rhizoctonia solani is a well-established soilborne fungal pathogen of cotton seedlings, and Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 producing pyrrolnitrin to suppress it is documented in the biocontrol literature.”

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