Claim · #6494075
Pythium · pathogen pressure · Hordeum vulgare
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Root rot of Caladium, barley seedlings, blight of turfgrass.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 412
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pythium as oomycete causing damping-off/root rot in barley seedlings during wet periods is well-established; source quote directly lists 'barley seedlings' as a Pythium host.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium is a well-known oomycete pathogen causing damping-off/root rot in barley seedlings; source quote directly mentions 'barley seedlings' alongside root rot.”
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