Claim · #6493808
Phytophthora sojae · pathogen pressure · Glycine max
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“soybean plants infected with the fungus Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. glycinea”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 238
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. megasperma f. sp. glycinea is the accepted synonym for P. sojae (oomycete, not true fungus); soybean infection and glyceollin elicitation are well-documented. Source quote's 'fungus' label is outdated but the biological relationship is correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. megasperma f. sp. glycinea is the accepted synonym for P. sojae (oomycete), correctly infecting Glycine max; source calling it 'fungus' is outdated but biologically understandable pre-reclassification.”
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