Claim · #6493273
Venturia inaequalis · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“apple scab fungus Venturia inaequalis grows between the cuticle and the epidermis”
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 113
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is correctly classified as a fungal pathogen of Malus domestica; subcuticular growth between cuticle and epidermis causing lesions and transpiration loss is well-documented in plant pathology literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Venturia inaequalis is a well-documented ascomycete pathogen of Malus domestica; subcuticular growth between cuticle and epidermis causing lesions and cuticle disruption is textbook biology.”
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