Claim · #6495908
Alternaria solani · 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
“Alternaria solani is a well-known major fungal pathogen of potato causing early blight; source quote supports.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. solani is the canonical early blight pathogen of potato/tomato; classification and direction correct.”
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