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Claim · #6493755

Rhodococcus fascians · pathogen pressure · Lathyrus odoratus

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Leafy gall produced on a sweet pea plant as a result of infection by the bacterium Rhodococcus fascians”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
196

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Rhodococcus fascians is a well-established leafy gall pathogen of Lathyrus odoratus; cytokinin-mediated shoot proliferation on sweet pea is canonical in plant pathology literature.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Rhodococcus fascians is a well-established actinobacterial pathogen causing leafy gall on Lathyrus odoratus via fasciation-inducing cytokinin-related loci; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

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