Claim · #6493861
Hemileia vastatrix · pathogen pressure · Coffea arabica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“coffee rust, have threatened to eliminate certain plant species from entire continents”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 266
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hemileia vastatrix is a well-documented basidiomycete pathogen of Coffea arabica causing catastrophic foliar disease; source quote supports continental-scale threat framing.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Hemileia vastatrix is a well-documented oomycete-like basidiomycete fungus causing catastrophic defoliation of Coffea arabica; its continental-scale devastation (e.g., Sri Lanka/Asia 1800s, Central America 2012–13) supports the severity claim.”
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