Claim · #6493779
Pectobacterium atrosepticum · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“bacterial soft rot of potatoes, caused by Erwinia carotovora var. atroseptica”
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 212
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pectobacterium atrosepticum is the reclassified name for Erwinia carotovora var. atroseptica; blackleg/soft rot of potato tubers is well-established, and high severity is appropriate.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pectobacterium atrosepticum is the accepted reclassification of Erwinia carotovora var. atroseptica; blackleg/soft rot of potato tubers is well-established for this pathogen.”
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