Claim · #6493252
Pseudoperonospora cubensis · pathogen pressure · Cucurbita pepo
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“nearly complete destruction of pumpkin leaves infected heavily with the downy mildew oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis”
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 107
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pseudoperonospora cubensis is a well-documented oomycete pathogen of cucurbits including Cucurbita pepo, causing severe foliar downy mildew; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pseudoperonospora cubensis is a well-established oomycete pathogen of cucurbits including Cucurbita pepo, causing severe foliar destruction; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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