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Pythium myriotylum · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“P. aphanidermatum and P. myriotylum cause severe root rot in bell pepper with 42% and 62% plant mortality”
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

    “Pythium myriotylum causing root rot in bell pepper with high mortality is biologically reasonable and supported by the quote.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “P. myriotylum is documented as a root rot oomycete on Capsicum; quote supports 62% mortality figure.”

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