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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