Claim · #6494343
Didymella bryoniae · pathogen pressure · Cucumis melo
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“attacks the leaves and stems of watermelons, cucumber, cantaloupe”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 516
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Didymella bryoniae is a well-established cucurbit pathogen causing gummy stem blight on Citrullus lanatus; source quote directly confirms leaf/stem attacks on watermelon.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Didymella bryoniae is the well-established ascomycete causing gummy stem blight on cucurbits including Citrullus lanatus; source quote directly supports leaves/stems as affected parts.”
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