Claim · #6493836
Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans is most serious in the northern latitudes”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. infestans on S. tuberosum is a canonical oomycete pathogen; cool-wet seasonality in northern latitudes and subtropical winters is well-established epidemiological knowledge.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“P. infestans as high-severity oomycete pathogen on potato foliage/tubers in cool wet seasons is textbook; organism type, affected parts, and severity all align with well-established plant pathology.”
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