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Claim · #6494080

Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Late blight is also very destructive to tomatoes and some other members of the family Solanaceae.”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
422

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Phytophthora infestans as oomycete pathogen causing late blight on Solanum lycopersicum is textbook-correct; source quote, organism type, severity, and affected parts are all consistent.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Phytophthora infestans is a well-established oomycete pathogen of Solanum lycopersicum; source quote confirms destructiveness on tomato and Solanaceae, consistent with all structured fields.”

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