Claim · #6495923
Botrytis cinerea · pathogen pressure · Lactuca sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Botrytis attacks numerous crops: flowers, strawberries, raspberries, grapes, apples, cherries, kiwis, pears, lettuce, asparagus, onions”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 13
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea is a polyphagous necrotroph affecting lettuce; quote explicitly lists lettuce among hosts.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Botrytis cinerea causes gray mold on lettuce; well-established broad-host-range pathogen with direct quote support.”
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