Claim · #6494077
Pythium · pathogen pressure · Poaceae (family)
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pythium blight, i.e., it invades and kills the roots and whole seedlings.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 411
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pythium (oomycete) causing blight on turfgrass roots and seedlings is well-documented; source quote directly supports the damage_type and affected_part fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. are well-established oomycete pathogens of turfgrass, causing damping-off and blight; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
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