Peronospora tabacina · pathogen pressure · Nicotiana tabacum

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Peronospora tabacina is the well-established blue mold oomycete pathogen of Nicotiana tabacum, with leaf damage and high severity fully consistent with the literature.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Peronospora tabacina is the well-established oomycete causing blue mold on Nicotiana tabacum leaves; taxonomy and host assignment are correct.”

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