Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Nicotiana tabacum

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Botrytis cinerea is a well-documented necrotrophic fungal pathogen of tobacco leaves; stilbene synthase transgene resistance studies on tobacco are established in plant pathology literature.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Botrytis cinerea is a well-documented polyphagous necrotrophic fungus infecting tobacco; stilbene synthase transgenes conferring resveratrol production reducing Botrytis infection is established in literature.”

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