Claim · #6493945
Rhizoctonia solani · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“slow-growing sprouts in cool weather are particularly susceptible to infection by Rhizoctonia”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 350
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia solani is a well-documented soilborne pathogen of potato sprouts; cool soils slowing emergence increasing susceptibility is textbook IPM knowledge, and the source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia solani is a well-documented soilborne fungal pathogen of potato causing black scurf; cool-soil delayed emergence is a classic risk factor matching the source quote exactly.”
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