Claim · #6495463
Alternaria solani · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Alternaria solani Fungus Early blight Fruit rot Leaf spot”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 56
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alternaria solani causes early blight on tomato (foliar lesions, fruit rot, leaf spot) — canonical fungal pathogen; multi-symptom claim matches source quote enumeration.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Alternaria solani is the textbook early-blight fungus on Solanum lycopersicum, causing foliar concentric-ring lesions and fruit rot; classification and tissue affected correct.”
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