Claim · #6493283
Taphrina deformans · pathogen pressure · Prunus persica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“peach leaf curl…caused by the fungus Taphrina sp.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 119
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Taphrina deformans causing leaf curl (abnormal growth) on Prunus persica is a well-established plant pathology fact; organism type, affected part, and interaction direction are all correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Taphrina deformans is the well-established ascomycete cause of peach leaf curl on Prunus persica; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
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