Claim · #6493123
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris · pathogen pressure · Cocos nucifera
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“of six million trees counted in 1961, 90% had been killed by lethal yellowing by 1981”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 35
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lethal yellowing phytoplasma devastating Jamaican coconut populations is well-documented; 90% mortality of ~6 million palms by 1981 aligns with historical records and the source quote supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Lethal yellowing phytoplasma devastation of Jamaican coconut palms is well-documented historically; 90% mortality of ~6 million palms by 1981 is consistent with published epidemiological records.”
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