Claim · #6493753
Exobasidium azaleae · pathogen pressure · Rhododendron spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Exobasidium azaleae causing azalea leaf and flower gall”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 196
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Exobasidium azaleae is a well-documented basidiomycete pathogen causing leaf/flower gall on Rhododendron/azalea; organism type, host, and damage classification are all consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Exobasidium azaleae is a well-established basidiomycete pathogen causing leaf/flower galls on Rhododendron/azalea; auxin-mediated hypertrophy is the accepted mechanism.”
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