Claim · #6495236
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“solanaceous vegetables, cucurbits, strawberries... 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
“Botrytis cinerea is a well-established necrotroph causing grey mould on solanaceous crops including tomato fruit and stems; market-share figure aligns with botryticide literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“B. cinerea is the canonical grey mould pathogen of tomato fruit/stems; classification as fungus and pathogen_pressure damage type are correct.”
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