Claim · #6494106
Peronospora tabacina · pathogen pressure · Nicotiana tabacum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“downy mildew (blue mold) of tobacco spread rapidly from Florida”
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- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 426
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Peronospora tabacina (oomycete) causing blue mold downy mildew on Nicotiana tabacum is taxonomically correct; the 1979 North American epidemic is historically documented.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Peronospora tabacina is the correct oomycete causing tobacco blue mold/downy mildew; the 1979 U.S. epidemic spreading from Florida is well-documented historically, and all structured fields align with known biology.”
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