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Hemileia vastatrix · pathogen pressure · Coffea arabica

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“principal coffee pests including leaf diseases such as rust Hemileia vastatrix”
Authors
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
Year
1999
Publication
CRC Press / Lewis Publishers

AI critic verdicts

  • horticulturist · plausible

    “Hemileia vastatrix is the well-established fungal pathogen causing coffee leaf rust on Coffea arabica; classification as fungal pathogen affecting leaves is taxonomically correct.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Hemileia vastatrix is the well-established obligate fungal pathogen causing coffee leaf rust, correctly classified as fungal pathogen affecting leaves of Coffea arabica; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

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