Claim · #6493058
Pseudomonas fluorescens · pathogen pressure · Bromus tectorum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pseudomonas fluorescens strain D7, reduced plant populations and aboveground growth of downy brome 31 percent and 53 percent”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 168
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. fluorescens strain D7 as a deleterious rhizobacterium suppressing B. tectorum is well-documented in Pacific Northwest biocontrol literature; direction and mechanism are consistent.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. fluorescens strain D7 as a deleterious rhizobacterium suppressing Bromus tectorum is well-documented; source quote supports the 31%/53% figures, and the mechanism (phytotoxic compounds) is consistent with DRMO literature.”
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