Claim · #6496087
Pythium spp. · pathogen pressure · Pisum sativum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Young plants wilt and die.”
- Source
- How to Grow Garden Pea
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Bulletin
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pythium damping-off of pea seedlings under high soil moisture is well-established.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pythium spp. are classic seedling damping-off oomycetes favored by wet soils; symptoms match.”
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