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Claim · #6496152

Erwinia carotovora · pathogen pressure · Brassica oleracea var. capitata

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Cabbage soft rot control – Bacterial soft rot, the most serious problem in hot-humid climates”
Source
Vegetables Postharvest: Simple techniques for increased income and market (Second Edition)
Authors
Acedo A.L. Jr., Weinberger K.
Year
2010
Publication
AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center and GTZ-Regional Economic Development Program
Page
16

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Pectobacterium/Erwinia carotovora is the canonical postharvest soft-rot pathogen of cabbage in hot-humid conditions.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Erwinia carotovora (now Pectobacterium carotovorum) causing postharvest cabbage soft rot is textbook; quote supports.”

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