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Claim · #6496317

Erwinia amylovora · pathogen pressure · Malus domestica

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“fire blight, Erwinia amylovora”
Source
sundin_bacterial_disease_management_2016.pdf
Page
1507

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Erwinia amylovora fire blight of apple is canonical; bloom-stage infection via stigma colonization drives epidemics. Season=bloom and growth_stage=flowering match epidemiology.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Fire blight is the archetypal pome-fruit bacterial disease; rapid epiphytic growth on stigmas followed by ooze-mediated blossom infection is well documented. Fields fully consistent.”

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