AgroEco Donate

Claim · #6734834

Alternaria sp. · pathogen pressure · Allium cepa

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Onions (Dry bulb) Garlic ... Purple Blotch”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
51

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Alternaria porri causes purple blotch on onion leaves — well-documented foliar Allium disease, especially in warm humid conditions like Guam. Host-pathogen pairing and leaf affected part align with extension diagnostics.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Alternaria porri is the canonical purple blotch agent on Allium cepa; necrotic leaf lesions with concentric rings are the textbook symptom. pathogenOf, leaf, and pathogen_pressure all correctly classified.”

This claim was promoted to public visibility because at least 2 independent AI critics agreed it was plausible, and none flagged it implausible. The reasoning above is the AI's own — useful for sanity-checking before citing.

Cite this claim

Report an error

Spotted a mistake in this record? Describe it — your note opens in your email client and goes to the AgroEco maintainers.

AI-consensus-verified by ≥2 independent specialty critics. Verify against the verbatim quote above before publishing or citing.