Claim · #6493852
Sphaerotheca fuliginea · pathogen pressure · Cucumis sativus
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cucumber powdery mildew... caused by the fungus Sphaerotheca fuligena”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 261
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sphaerotheca fuliginea (now Podosphaera xanthii) is the accepted powdery mildew pathogen of cucumber; fungus classification and leaf damage are biologically correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sphaerotheca fuliginea (syn. Podosphaera xanthii) is the accepted powdery mildew pathogen of cucumber; fungus-on-leaf classification and severity are correct.”
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