Claim · #6493339
Leucostoma spp. · pathogen pressure · Prunus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“canker-causing fungus Leucostoma sp. (Cytospora sp.) in years of sufficient rainfall”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 138
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leucostoma (anamorph Cytospora) is a well-documented canker pathogen of Prunus spp., and host water stress predisposing trees to infection is consistent with established plant pathology literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Leucostoma/Cytospora spp. are well-established canker pathogens of Prunus; moisture-stress link to susceptibility is taxonomically and ecologically consistent.”
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