Claim · #6494094
Phytophthora lateralis · pathogen pressure · Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phytophthora lateralis has been killing large numbers of Port-Orford-Cedar.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 418
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora lateralis is the well-documented causal agent of Port-Orford-Cedar root disease in Pacific Northwest forests; organism type, host, severity, and source quote all align.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora lateralis as a lethal oomycete pathogen of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana in the Pacific Northwest is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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