Erwinia carotovora pv. carotovora · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Erwinia carotovora pv. carotovora is a well-established cause of bacterial soft rot on tomato fruit; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Erwinia carotovora pv. carotovora (now Pectobacterium carotovorum) is a well-established soft rot pathogen of tomato fruit; direction, organism type, and affected part are all correct.”

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