Claim · #6493129
Venturia inaequalis · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“with apples infected with apple scab, even as little as 5% disease may cut the price in half”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 29
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is the correct fungal pathogen of Malus domestica; source quote directly supports the market-price impact claim for fruit scab lesions.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is a well-documented ascomycete fungal pathogen of Malus domestica; source quote directly supports the economic severity claim on fruit.”
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