Claim · #6496144
Peronospora destructor · pathogen pressure · Allium cepa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Downy mildew (Peronospora destructor) also attacks young plants”
- Source
- Suggested Cultural Practices for Onion
- Authors
- Shanmugasundaram S., Kalb T.
- Publication
- AVRDC International Cooperators' Guide
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Peronospora destructor downy mildew of onion is well-documented; oomycete classification and young-plant susceptibility in cool damp weather are correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. destructor is the canonical onion downy mildew oomycete; entity type and pathogenOf direction are correct.”
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