Claim · #6494081
Phytophthora capsici · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“These crops are now extremely susceptible to the blight caused by Phytophthora capsici.”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora capsici is a well-documented oomycete pathogen of Capsicum annuum causing crown rot, root rot, and fruit blight; host, pathogen, and damage fields are all consistent.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora capsici is a well-documented oomycete pathogen of Capsicum annuum causing crown, root, and fruit rot; high severity, wet-season association, and multi-part damage are all textbook-consistent.”
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