Colletotrichum lagenarium · pathogen pressure · Cucumis sativus

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Colletotrichum lagenarium (syn. C. orbiculare) is a well-documented cucurbit anthracnose pathogen; its role inducing SAR in cucumber is a classic experimental model in plant pathology literature.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Colletotrichum lagenarium (syn. C. orbiculare) is the well-established causal agent of cucumber anthracnose, and its use as a SAR-inducing agent on cucumber is extensively documented in classic plant immunity literature.”

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