Claim · #6495468
Didymella bryoniae · pathogen pressure · Citrullus lanatus
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Didymella bryoniae Fungus Fruit rot Gummy stem blight”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 57
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Didymella bryoniae (Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum) is a well-known cucurbit pathogen causing gummy stem blight and fruit rot; affected parts (stem/fruit) align with disease etiology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“D. bryoniae is the canonical gummy stem blight fungus on cucurbits; stem and fruit symptoms are textbook; fungal classification correct.”
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