Claim · #6494125
Taphrina deformans · pathogen pressure · Prunus persica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leaf curl on peach and nectarine”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 445
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Taphrina deformans is the well-established ascomycete pathogen causing peach leaf curl; organism_type, affected_part, season, and severity all align with canonical plant pathology knowledge.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Taphrina deformans is the well-established ascomycete cause of peach leaf curl; eponymous naming is correct, direction is right, spring/early-growth seasonality matches ascospore infection biology.”
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