Claim · #6493758
Cronartium spp. · pathogen pressure · Pinus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Western pine gall caused by the fungus Cronartium sp.”
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- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 196
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cronartium spp. causing gall rust on Pinus is well-established; the auxin-mechanism detail is biologically supported, and the source quote directly confirms the fungus-host pairing.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme and C. harknessii are well-established basidiomycete pathogens causing gall rusts on Pinus spp. stems; auxin-mediated gall induction is documented.”
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