Claim · #6496355
Phellinus noxius · pathogen pressure · Theobroma cacao
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“COCOA, COFFEE, OIL PALM, RUBBER, FOREST TREES Brown root rot”
- Source
- Pacific Pests and Pathogens — Solomon Islands Farmer Fact Sheets (1-24)
- Authors
- TerraCircle Inc. with Improved Plant Protection in Solomon Islands (IPPSI)
- Year
- 2014
- Publication
- ACIAR / IPPSI / TerraCircle
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phellinus noxius is a known polyphagous tropical root-rot pathogen affecting cocoa and many woody perennials in the Pacific. Roots as affected part and moderate impact are reasonable agroecological characterizations.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phellinus noxius (now Phellinus s.l. / Fuscoporia) is the established brown root rot pathogen of tropical woody crops including Theobroma cacao. PathogenOf relation and root affected part correct.”
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