Claim · #6496046
Phytophthora capsici · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“crown rot. Root infection causes rapid collapse and death of the plant”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Chili Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-784)
- Authors
- Lin S., Shieh H., Lin L., Sheu Z., Kenyon L., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora capsici is a major pepper pathogen causing crown rot, root collapse, and foliar/fruit lesions; entity-role matches and quote supports it.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. capsici is the eponymous pepper Phytophthora pathogen; multi-organ attack and post-rain spread are well-established.”
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