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Claim · #6493853

Pythium ultimum · pathogen pressure · Cucumis sativus

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“cucumber root rot caused by... the oomycete Pythium ultimum”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
261

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Pythium ultimum is a well-documented oomycete causing damping-off/root rot in cucumber seedlings; organism type, affected part, and growth stage all align with established plant pathology.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Pythium ultimum is a well-established oomycete pathogen causing root rot in Cucumis sativus, and the organism-type classification as oomycete is correct.”

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