Claim · #6735645
Sclerotium rolfsii · pathogen pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sclerotium rolfsii Fruit rot Southern blight”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 55
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sclerotium rolfsii is a broad-host-range soilborne fungus causing southern blight; sweet potato tubers susceptible in tropics.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sclerotium rolfsii on sweet potato causing southern blight is well documented; though 'fruit rot' is odd phrasing for tuber crop.”
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