Claim · #6496074
Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Late blight ... Cool weather”
- Source
- How to Grow Tomato
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, SRTT Project
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Leaflet (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora infestans is a major tomato/potato oomycete pathogen favored by cool, humid weather.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Late blight on tomato is canonical; cool weather favors P. infestans sporulation; classification accurate.”
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