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Phellinus noxius · pathogen pressure · Elaeis guineensis

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

    “Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a recognized host of Phellinus noxius in Pacific and SE Asian plantations. Root rot pathogenOf relation with moderate impact is agroecologically reasonable.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Phellinus noxius causes brown/upper-root rot of Elaeis guineensis in tropical plantations; well-documented in plant pathology literature alongside Ganoderma. PathogenOf, root affected part, and impact are consistent.”

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