Claim · #6496311
Orobanche spp. · pest pressure · various dicotyledonous crops
pest pressure · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Broomrapes (Orobanche species) are parasitic weeds that are widespread”
- Source
- Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
- Authors
- Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Page
- 95
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Orobanche (broomrape) spp. are well-documented root holoparasites of dicotyledonous crops (legumes, sunflower, tomato) across the Mediterranean and Central Asia; long seed dormancy (>10 yr) is established.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Broomrapes attack roots of many vegetable/legume crops (faba bean, tomato, sunflower, carrot) in Mediterranean/Central Asia and form a long-lived seed bank. Fields align with standard horticultural knowledge.”
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