AgroEco

Claim · #6495907

Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Major pathogens (Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria solani, Thanatephorus cucumeris)”
Source
Crop losses to pests
Authors
Oerke E.-C.
Year
2006
Publication
Journal of Agricultural Science
Page
37

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Phytophthora infestans late blight is the archetypal devastating potato pathogen globally; classification fully correct.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “P. infestans is an oomycete causing potato late blight on foliage and tubers; entity type, direction, and fields all correct.”

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