Claim · #6494564
pear decline phytoplasma · pathogen pressure · Pyrus communis
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“It killed more than 1 million trees in California between 1959 and 1962”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 699
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pear decline phytoplasma causing massive California pear tree losses 1959-1962 is well-documented historically; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pear decline phytoplasma causing massive tree death in California 1959-1962 is historically documented; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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