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Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“P. infestans... costing annually on a global basis in excess of $5 billion”
Source
Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
Authors
Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
Year
2005
Publication
Annual Review of Phytopathology
Page
94

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Phytophthora infestans as potato late blight pathogen is canonical; oomycete classification, foliage/tuber damage, and economic impact all biologically correct.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “P. infestans is the canonical potato late blight oomycete; affected parts (foliage/tubers), impact class, and Irish famine attribution are textbook-correct.”

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