Claim · #6493265
Erwinia tracheiphila · pathogen pressure · Cucurbita pepo
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Young squash plant showing early symptoms of vascular wilt caused by the bacterium Erwinia tracheiphila”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 112
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Erwinia tracheiphila is a well-established bacterial wilt pathogen of cucurbits including Cucurbita pepo, transmitted by cucumber beetles, causing xylem occlusion consistent with the claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erwinia tracheiphila is a well-established vascular wilt pathogen of cucurbits including Cucurbita pepo; xylem-clogging polysaccharides and severe whole-plant collapse are textbook symptoms consistent with source quote.”
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