Claim · #6495310
Hemileia vastatrix · pathogen pressure · Coffea arabica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Yield losses in coffee greater than 50% occurred”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hemileia vastatrix coffee leaf rust caused major Central American outbreaks 2012-2014 with documented worker displacement; classification and host correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Hemileia vastatrix is the canonical coffee leaf rust pathogen (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales); >50% yield-loss episodes in Central America are documented.”
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