Claim · #6495871
Erwinia amylovora · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight disease of apple, pear, quince”
- Source
- Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology
- Authors
- Mansfield J., Genin S., Magori S., Citovsky V., Sriariyanum M., Ronald P., Dow M., Verdier V., Beer S.V., Machado M.A., Toth I., Salmond G., Foster G.D.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erwinia amylovora is the textbook causal agent of fire blight in apple, especially during flowering.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“E. amylovora causes fire blight on Malus; blossoms and trunk cankers are accurate affected parts.”
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