Claim · #6492138
Cercospora coffeicola · pathogen pressure · Coffea arabica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“35 to 65% shade promotes leaf retention...and reduces the pathogen Cercospora coffeicola”
- Source
- Agroecosystems Analysis
- Authors
- Rickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
- Page
- 57
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cercospora coffeicola is a well-documented foliar fungal pathogen of Coffea arabica; shade-mediated reduction aligns with documented microclimate effects on this pathogen in Central American agroforestry systems.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cercospora coffeicola is a well-documented fungal pathogen of Coffea arabica causing brown eye spot; shade-mediated reduction is ecologically consistent with improved leaf health and microclimate regulation.”
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