Claim · #6494118
Alternaria spp. · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“core rot of apple”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 453
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alternaria spp. are well-documented causes of apple core rot and fruit spot, matching organism type, affected parts, and seasonal conditions listed.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Alternaria alternata causing apple core rot and fruit spot is well-documented globally; pest_organism_type 'fungus' is correct and direction (Alternaria pathogenOf Malus domestica) is accurate.”
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