Claim · #6494600
Olpidium spp. · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Most viruses are soilborne; some are transmitted by the chytrid fungus Olpidium”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 781
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Olpidium spp. as soilborne fungal vectors of tombusviruses including TBSV on tomato is well-established in plant pathology literature; source quote supports the mechanism.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Olpidium spp. are well-established soilborne vectors of tombusviruses including Tomato bushy stunt virus; direction, mechanism, and taxonomy are all correct.”
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