Claim · model-written summary
Talaromyces aculeatus and Fusarium falciforme required wounds to infect lemon.
- Taxon
- lemon
Citrus ×limone1 - Treatment
- woundse1
- Interactor
- Talaromyces aculeatusTalaromyces aculeatuse1pathogen
- Second interactor
- Fusarium falciformeFusarium falciformee1pathogen
- Outcome
- required woundse1
- Comparator
- non-wounded inoculationse2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Others, such as Penicillium expansum (apple), Talaromyces aculeatus and Fusarium falciforme (lemon), required wounds”
e2“Pathogenicity was assessed on corresponding healthy hosts using wounded and non-wounded inoculations”
Title
Ratiba Al-Maaini; Rethinasamy Velazhahan; Hamed H. Al-Nadabi; et al. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 2026. doi:10.1007/s44447-026-00159-3
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