Claim · #6493841
Bremia lactucae · pathogen pressure · Lactuca sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lettuce leaves showing symptoms of downy mildew caused by Bremia lactucae”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 253
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bremia lactucae as an oomycete pathogen causing downy mildew on Lactuca sativa leaves under cool moist conditions is well-established; all fields align with known taxonomy and epidemiology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bremia lactucae is the well-established oomycete pathogen of Lactuca sativa causing downy mildew; temperature-dependent sporangiophore/zoospore production is textbook for this pathosystem.”
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