Claim · #6494259
Pythium spp. · pathogen pressure · Pythium spp. host crops
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Pythium, causing damping-off of seedlings, seed decay, root rots, stem lesions, rotting of vegetable fruit and tubers”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 396
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. as oomycete pathogens causing damping-off, seed decay, and root rots in seedlings is well-established; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. are well-established oomycete pathogens causing damping-off, seed decay, root rots, stem lesions, and fruit/tuber rots globally; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
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