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.”
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