Claim · #6494393
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora · pathogen pressure · Prunus persica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Peach trees being killed by the fungus”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 551
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phymatotrichopsis omnivora is a well-documented soilborne fungus causing Texas root rot on Prunus persica in warm southwestern US soils; organism type, affected part, season, and severity all align.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phymatotrichopsis omnivora is a well-documented soilborne fungus (Texas root rot) that kills Prunus persica and other dicots in the southwestern US; all structured fields are consistent.”
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