Claim · #6495618
Fungi (kingdom) · pathogen pressure · Phaseolus vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“bush beans, which are readily infected with soil borne disease spores”
- Source
- Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
- Authors
- Krauss F.G.
- Year
- 1932
- Publication
- University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
- Page
- 34
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bush beans are notably susceptible to soil-splash-borne fungal pathogens (Rhizoctonia, Sclerotinia, anthracnose) on lower foliage.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Soil-borne fungal inocula splashed onto bean foliage by rain is a well-established infection pathway for bush beans.”
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