Claim · #6495345
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum · pathogen pressure · Glycine max
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cyst nematode, white mould, soybean rust, Cercospora leaf blight”
- Authors
- Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Page
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Heterodera glycines (SCN) is widely cited as soybean's most economically damaging pest; nematode classification, root affected part, and global severity are all correct per source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · out_of_scope
“Soybean cyst nematode is a plant-parasitic nematode rather than a fungal/bacterial/viral/oomycete pathogen; entomologist or nematologist (or agroecologist) is more appropriate. Claim itself is biologically sound.”
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