Claim · #6493725
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Allium cepa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“An onion bulb (E) ... macerated by the enzymes of the fungus Botrytis”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 185
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is a well-documented necrotrophic fungus producing cell-wall-degrading enzymes; macerating onion bulb tissue is biologically consistent and directly supported by the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is a well-documented necrotrophic fungus that secretes pectinases and other macerating enzymes; bulb maceration is a recognized symptom consistent with the source quote.”
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