Claim · #6496022
Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“irregular dark, water-soaked spots develop on leaves and the undersides may be covered by a white fuzzy growth”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Tomato Variety Field Trials (#11-751)
- Authors
- Hanson P., Lin L., Luther G.C., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Chen C., Lin C., Sheu Z., Lu S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora infestans is a well-established oomycete pathogen of tomato with the described leaf, stem, and fruit symptoms.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Late blight symptom description and oomycete classification are accurate; direction tomato as host correct.”
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