Claim · #6496316
Alternaria alternata · pathogen pressure · Pyrus pyrifolia
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Japanese pear pathotype of A. alternata were necessary for both production of the host-selective AK-toxin”
- Source
- Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
- Authors
- Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Page
- 99
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype with AK-toxin is a textbook host-selective toxin example. Regional_context=Japan apt; leaves affected; moderate impact appropriate.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“AK-toxin from A. alternata Japanese pear pathotype targets susceptible Nashi cultivars (e.g., Nijisseiki); HST-mediated pathogenicity is well-documented. Source quote directly aligns.”
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