Claim · #6494070
Pythium · pathogen pressure · Cucumis sativus
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“An entire cucumber fruit may be invaded within 3 days of inoculation.”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 413
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. are well-documented oomycete pathogens of cucumber causing damping-off and fruit rot; 3-day whole-fruit invasion is consistent with known rapid Pythium colonization rates.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. are well-established oomycete pathogens causing damping-off and fruit rot in cucumber; rapid soft-rot invasion within days is consistent with known Pythium cucurbitae/aphanidermatum biology.”
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