Claim · #6493742
Alternaria alternata · pathogen pressure · multi-crop
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tentoxin is produced by the fungus Alternaria alternata ... causes spots and chlorosis”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 191
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alternaria alternata is a well-documented broad-host fungal pathogen; tentoxin production causing chlorosis and leaf spots is established in plant pathology literature, consistent with all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Alternaria alternata is a well-documented fungal pathogen that produces tentoxin, causing chlorosis and leaf spots across many host species — consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
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