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Botrytis sp. · pathogen pressure · Solanum melongena

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Eggplant ... Botrytis Blight (Gray Mold)”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
150

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Botrytis is a well-known polyphagous fungal pathogen causing gray mold on Solanaceae including eggplant; tropical Guam climate supports it.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Botrytis cinerea commonly infects eggplant foliage and fruit; pathogenOf direction and fungi classification correct. Source quote weak but consistent.”

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