Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Phytophthora infestans late blight is a high-severity tomato/potato disease (Irish famine pathogen); oomycete classification correct, foliage symptoms match.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “P. infestans is correctly classified as oomycete (Stramenopila, not true fungus); causes destructive late blight on Solanaceae with high severity rating appropriate.”

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