Claim · #6493804
Crinipellis perniciosa · pathogen pressure · Theobroma cacao
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cacao infected with the witches' broom fungus Crinipellis perniciosa”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crinipellis perniciosa (now often reclassified as Moniliophthora perniciosa) is the well-documented causal agent of witches' broom on Theobroma cacao; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Crinipellis perniciosa (now Moniliophthora perniciosa) is the well-established basidiomycete cause of witches' broom disease on Theobroma cacao; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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