Claim · #6494452
Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli · pathogen pressure · Citrullus lanatus
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“watermelon fruit blotch is the bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli”
- Authors
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 636
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli is the well-established causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch in Citrullus lanatus; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli is the well-established causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of Citrullus lanatus; source quote directly confirms the pathogen-host association.”
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