Claim · #6494399
Juniperus virginiana · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Basidiospores infect apple leaves and fruit and cause spots”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 575
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cedar-apple rust (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae) is a well-documented heteroecious rust requiring Juniperus virginiana and Malus domestica as alternate hosts; basidiospore infection of apple is textbook.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is a well-established heteroecious rust using Juniperus virginiana and Malus as alternate hosts; basidiospore infection of apple is textbook-accurate.”
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