Claim · #6496218
Xanthomonas spp. · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“seed-borne diseases such as bacterial spot, canker, and speck”
- Source
- Saving Seeds of Tomato
- Authors
- Sukprakarn S., Juntakool S., Huang R., Kalb T.
- Year
- 2006
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, Publication No. 06-652
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Xanthomonas bacterial spot is a well-known seed-borne tomato pathogen affecting fruit and leaves.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Xanthomonas spp. (e.g., X. perforans/euvesicatoria) are confirmed seed-borne bacterial spot pathogens of tomato.”
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