Claim · #6495234
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Fragaria x ananassa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“strawberries and ornamentals each making up 5%-9%”
- Authors
- Dean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Page
- 417
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“B. cinerea grey mould is a leading pre- and post-harvest pathogen of strawberry causing major retail losses globally; claim is consistent with well-established horticultural pathology literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is the principal post-harvest fungal pathogen of Fragaria x ananassa; latent calyx infection erupting at ripening is canonical; claim well-supported.”
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