Phytophthora nicotianae · pathogen pressure · Nicotiana tabacum

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Phytophthora nicotianae as a high-severity oomycete root pathogen of Nicotiana tabacum (black shank) is taxonomically and ecologically well-established; all structured fields align.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Phytophthora nicotianae is the well-established causal agent of black shank in Nicotiana tabacum, and TMV-induced systemic resistance in tobacco is a classical SAR model.”

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