Claim · #6494268
Fungi (kingdom) · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wet leaves may increase the incidence of fungal diseases in some plants, such as ... fruit trees”
- Authors
- Brady N.C., Weil R.R.
- Year
- 2017
- Publication
- Pearson
- Page
- 296
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Wet foliage promoting fungal infection in apple (e.g., scab, powdery mildew) is well-established; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Wet leaf surfaces promoting fungal infection (e.g., scab, powdery mildew, fire blight) in apple is well-established; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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