Claim · #6493865
Alternaria mali · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Apple leaf spot caused by Alternaria mali”
- Authors
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 255
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alternaria mali is a well-documented fungal pathogen of apple causing Alternaria leaf spot; moisture-dependent severity aligns with known Alternaria epidemiology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Alternaria mali is the accepted causal agent of apple Alternaria leaf spot; fungal lesions on leaves favored by wet conditions is taxonomically and ecologically consistent.”
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