Claim · #6494083
Phytophthora capsici · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rotting of watermelon and tomato by P. capsici.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 416
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora capsici is a well-documented oomycete pathogen of cucurbits and solanaceous crops; fruit rot on watermelon is a known disease, supported directly by the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora capsici is a well-documented oomycete pathogen of Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae; fruit rot of watermelon is a known disease, consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
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