Claim · #6494563
peach X disease phytoplasma · pathogen pressure · Prunus avium
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Infected cherries remain small, are discolored, and worthless”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 699
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“X disease phytoplasma infecting Prunus avium causing small, discolored, worthless fruit is well-documented in US stone-fruit pathology; source quote directly supports extracted claim.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Peach X disease phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni) is a well-documented pathogen of Prunus avium in the US, causing small, discolored, unmarketable fruit consistent with the source quote.”
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