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Claim · #6494427

Rhizoctonia solani · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“stem lesions near the soil line on most legumes, cotton, and sugar beets”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
598

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Rhizoctonia solani AG4 causing stem lesions near the soil line on sugar beets is well-supported; source quote directly names sugar beets alongside legumes and cotton, consistent with known R. solani pathology.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Rhizoctonia solani AG4 is a well-documented soilborne basidiomycete pathogen causing crown/stem lesions on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) at the soil line, consistent with source quote and structured fields.”

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