Claim · #6494387
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum · pathogen pressure · Solanum melongena
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fleshy fruits, such as cucumber, squash, and eggplant”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 548
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a well-documented polyphagous necrotrophic fungus attacking fleshy cucurbit fruits via flower/soil contact, consistent with source quote and 'wet cool' season assignment.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a well-documented broad-host necrotrophic fungus infecting fleshy fruits via ground contact or senescing floral tissue, consistent with the claim and source quote.”
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