Claim · #6494391
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora · pathogen pressure · Gossypium hirsutum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“It causes its greatest losses in cotton in the area from Texas to Arizona”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phymatotrichopsis omnivora is a well-documented soilborne fungus causing cotton root rot in the southwestern US/Mexico; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phymatotrichopsis omnivora is the well-established oomycete-like fungus causing Texas root rot in Gossypium hirsutum across the southwestern US; source quote supports geographic and host claims.”
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