Claim · #6495461
Streptomyces ipomoeae · pathogen pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Streptomyces ipomoea Bacterium Soil rot”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 55
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Streptomyces ipomoeae causes soil rot (pox) on Ipomoea batatas tubers; gram-positive actinobacterium correctly classified as bacterium; tuber affected part matches.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“S. ipomoeae is the canonical sweet potato soil rot/pox pathogen (actinobacterium, treated as bacterium); host, tissue (tuber), and damage type all correct.”
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