Claim · #6493272
Erwinia amylovora · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Apple trees having numerous branches killed by the fire blight bacterium”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 94
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Erwinia amylovora is the well-established causal agent of fire blight, causing shoot/branch dieback ('shepherd's crook') in Malus domestica; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erwinia amylovora is the well-established causal agent of fire blight on Malus domestica; branch dieback ('blighting') is its hallmark symptom, consistent with source quote and all structured fields.”
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